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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the conference for subprime mortgage bond salesmen and buyers in Chapter 6?
(a) New York.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Miami.
(d) Chicago.

2. Where did Michael Burry begin cataloging his investments and their results, which drew interest from Wall Street brokers without Burry's knowledge?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A blog.
(c) A magazine.
(d) A library.

3. Michael Burry lost his left eye due to what as a toddler?
(a) A car accident.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Asperger's Syndrome.
(d) Glaucoma.

4. What does FINRA stand for?
(a) Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(b) Future Inverstment Reparations Act.
(c) Fiscal Imaginaton Repression Agency.
(d) Fiscal Investment Recovery Act.

5. Who from Deutsche Bank asked if they could buy the swaps back from Michael Burry in Chapter 2?
(a) Greg Lippman.
(b) Meredith Whitney.
(c) Michael Lewis.
(d) Euguene Xu.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the conference for subprime mortgage bond salesmen and buyers in Chapter 6?

2. Who began taking the bottom tranches of their mortgage bonds and packaging them together to create CDOs in Chapter 3?

3. Who is the 29th chairperson of the SEC?

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

5. 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?

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