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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai continued to make risky investments until they had grown their investment company to how much?
(a) $200 million.
(b) $30 million.
(c) $75 million.
(d) $10 million.

2. What is the name of the investment group begun by Charlie Ledley and his partner in Chapter 5?
(a) Cornwall Capital Management.
(b) Capital One Financial.
(c) FrontPoint.
(d) Scion Capital.

3. With whom did Michael Burry make his first credit default swap?
(a) Oppenheimer and Co.
(b) Deutsche Bank.
(c) Cornwall Capital Management.
(d) Scion Capital.

4. After the conference in Chapter 6, Eisman and his group began paying close attention to what?
(a) Rating companies.
(b) The Euro.
(c) The price of oil.
(d) Lending companies.

5. What majority-owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., is a global rating agency dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data?
(a) Deutsche Bank.
(b) Wachovia.
(c) The Fitch Group.
(d) Standard & Poor's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "NASDAQ" originally stand for?

2. The first night of the conference in Chapter 6, Steve Eisman was seated next to a man named what?

3. With Ben Hockett's help, Cornwall received what contract?

4. Steve Eisman got his job with Oppenheimer and Co. through whom?

5. The first night of the conference in Chapter 6, Steve Eisman found himself attending a dinner thrown by what company?

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