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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problems did Buffett have making investments in the mid-1960s?
(a) there were few good bargains in stocks.
(b) increased competition.
(c) a severe market slump.
(d) a massive withdrawal of capital.

2. What did Buffett do that was different with Hochschild and Associated Cotton?
(a) purchased liquid sahres.
(b) traded one business for another.
(c) bought the entire businesses.
(d) purchased small amounts.

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

4. What did Warren always wear in high school?
(a) dress shoes.
(b) a business cap.
(c) a Nebraska sweat shirt.
(d) sneakers.

5. Warren first ran away at the age of:
(a) sixteen.
(b) thirteen.
(c) nine.
(d) fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Warren's major passion outside of work?

2. Warren increased his paper route by:

3. The Buffett family owned and operated a ___________.

4. What kind of stocks were most popular at this time?

5. How old was Warren when his father became Congressman?

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