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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company did Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai investigate because of some legal troubles, deciding that the legal trouble would blow over and their low stock would soon rally in Chapter 5?
(a) Cornwall Capital Management.
(b) Capital One Financial.
(c) Deutsche Bank.
(d) Oppenheimer and Co.

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

3. The sale of CDSs grew AIG FP so quickly that it provided what percent of AIG's profits in Chapter 3?
(a) 35.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Meredith Whitney was an analyst of financial firms for what company in 2007?

2. After Eisman's published report, there were no more public subprime mortgage lenders by what year, as described in Chapter 1?

3. Where did Michael Burry share his thoughts on investing while learning what he could from others in Chapter 2?

4. Steve Eisman discovered that what company was fraudulently selling fifteen year mortgages under the guise of thirty year mortgages?

5. Where did Michael Lewis grow up?

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