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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beginnings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Warren complete a Dale Carnegie course after completing business school?
(a) it would look impressive on his resume.
(b) he was looking to make contacts for his stock sales.
(c) he was bored.
(d) to master his fear of public speaking.

2. How old was Warren when his father became Congressman?
(a) twelve.
(b) eighteen.
(c) six.
(d) twenty three.

3. What did Warren do with some of the profits from his paper route?
(a) bought AT&T stock.
(b) bought a car.
(c) bought forty acres of Nebraska farmland.
(d) vacationed in Miami.

4. Warren purchased his first stocks at the age of:
(a) nineteen.
(b) eleven.
(c) fifteen.
(d) twenty one.

5. After graduating from business school, Warren returned to Omaha to work for:
(a) Buffett-Falk & Company.
(b) Proctor & Gamble.
(c) Omaha National Bank.
(d) Citi Bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Buffetts move to New York in 1954?

2. Warren's father worked as a ___________.

3. Warren educated himself in all but the following ways:

4. Warren handled his investments with people:

5. What course did Warren teach at the University of Omaha?

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