The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Michael Lewis (author)
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Michael Lewis' first book published?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1985.

2. What majority-owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., is a global rating agency dedicated to providing value beyond the rating through independent and prospective credit opinions, research and data?
(a) Wachovia.
(b) Deutsche Bank.
(c) Standard & Poor's.
(d) The Fitch Group.

3. What is the name of the investment group Steve Eisman formed after quitting his job as a bond analyst?
(a) Scion Capital.
(b) FrontPoint.
(c) Cornwall Capital Management.
(d) Deutsche Bank.

4. In Chapter 5, Ledley and Mai bought multi-million dollar triple-A CDOs rather than the triple-B CDOs who had purchased?
(a) Burry and Eisman.
(b) Cassano and Burry.
(c) Lippmann and Cassano.
(d) Lippmann and Xu.

5. What had Steve Eisman studied in college?
(a) Corporate law.
(b) Art history.
(c) South American history.
(d) International trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mortgage lender did an Oppenheimer banker obtain information on from Steve Eisman in Chapter 1?

2. What are divisions of mortgage bonds in which the mortgage bonds are divided into pieces?

3. Through the use of what, was Michael Burry guaranteed to only lose only the amount of the premium payments in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 3, soon all the CDSs AIG FP sold consisted primarily of what?

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

(see the answer key)

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