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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Michael Lewis earn his Masters degree in Economics?
(a) The Paris School of Economics.
(b) The New York School of Economics.
(c) The London School of Economics.
(d) The Chicago School of Economics.

2. Meredith Whitney was an analyst of financial firms for what company in 2007?
(a) Household Finance Corporation.
(b) Citigroup.
(c) Salomon Brothers.
(d) Oppenheimer and Co.

3. Where did Michael Lewis grow up?
(a) Dallas, Texas.
(b) New Orleans, Louisiana.
(c) Phoenix, Arizona.
(d) Denver, Colorado.

4. Michael Burry worked as a resident in what field in Chapter 2?
(a) Cardiology.
(b) Proctology.
(c) Optometry.
(d) Neurology.

5. Steve Eisman discovered that what company was fraudulently selling fifteen year mortgages under the guise of thirty year mortgages?
(a) The Fitch Group.
(b) Gotham Capital.
(c) Salomon Brothers.
(d) Household Finance Corporation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Chinese national who came in second in a math competition in China accompanied Greg Lippmann in Chapter 3?

2. What had Steve Eisman studied in college?

3. What is the name of the investment group Steve Eisman formed after quitting his job as a bond analyst?

4. When did Steve Eisman publish a report outlining the bad practices of the subprime mortgage lender in Chapter 1?

5. By what year had Steve Eisman gathered a group of investors around himself filled with people who believed as he did that no one on Wall Street knew what they were doing, as described in Chapter 1?

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