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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The mortgage boom and bust which is central in The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine took place between what years?
(a) 1999-2004.
(b) 2002-2006.
(c) 2005-2008.
(d) 2001-2007.

2. For what company did Michael Lewis begin working after earning his Masters degree in Economics?
(a) Citigroup.
(b) Oppenheimer and Co.
(c) Aames Financial.
(d) Salomon Brothers.

3. What did "NASDAQ" originally stand for?
(a) National Assets of Securities Dealers Automated Queries.
(b) Numbering Association of Stock Dealers Automated Quotations.
(c) National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.
(d) National Association of Specialized Dealers in Automotive Quotations.

4. What are divisions of mortgage bonds in which the mortgage bonds are divided into pieces?
(a) Credit default swap.
(b) Tranches.
(c) FICO Scores.
(d) Collateral debt obligation.

5. What is the title of Chapter 9?
(a) Bottom of the Bag.
(b) The End of Wall Street.
(c) A Death of Interest.
(d) Two Men in a Boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael Burry lost his left eye due to what as a toddler?

2. At the conference in Chapter 6, Charlie Ledley spoke a man from what company that would eventually do business with Ledley's hedge fund?

3. In Chapter 6, Eisman realized that the CDO manager sitting next to him was selling CDOs that were synthesized from what?

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

5. Who agreed to a $5 million dollar deal with Michael Burry in Chapter 2?

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