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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Mike Burry's investment group?
(a) Oppenheimer and Co.
(b) Moody's.
(c) Cornwall Capital Management.
(d) Scion Capital.

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

3. What had Michael Burry's father warned him to stay away from in Chapter 2?
(a) Women.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Fire.
(d) The stock market.

4. What does AIG FP stand for?
(a) American Investment Group Financial Portfolios.
(b) American Investment Group Financial Portfolios.
(c) American International Group Financial Products.
(d) American International Group Fiscal Products.

5. When was Michael Lewis born?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Steve Eisman's wife threaten to move to and raise chickens in Chapter 1?

2. What does CDS stand for?

3. What are bonds that are made up of mortgages sold to consumers by banks?

4. What is often referred to as a form of insurance that protects a lender if a borrower of capital defaults on a loan?

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

(see the answer key)

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