The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

Michael Lewis (author)
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) The Blind Investors.
(b) Accidental Capitalists.
(c) A Lucky Fortune.
(d) Wall Street Rookies.

2. In criminal law, what is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual?
(a) Heresy.
(b) Contempt.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Embezzlement.

3. In Michael Burry's first credit default swap, he bought how many bonds?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 15.
(d) 12.

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) How to Harvest a Migrant Worker.
(b) Wall Street Bigshot.
(c) Spider-Man at The Venetian.
(d) Accidental Capitalists.

5. What is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany?
(a) Deutsche Bank.
(b) Morgan Stanley.
(c) Oppenheimer and Co.
(d) The Fitch Group.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Michael Lewis earn his Masters degree in Economics?

2. How much money did Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai make from their first major investment in a company with legal trouble in Chapter 5?

3. What is a collection of one hundred different mortgage bonds, usually the riskiest that are combined to create a new group of bonds that could take the low rated bonds and reclassify them at a higher rate?

4. How old was Charlie Ledley when he moved to California to create a hedge fund?

5. What is the name of the investment group begun by Charlie Ledley and his partner in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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