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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the conference in Chapters 6 and 7, who began buying millions of CDOs, anxious to buy as many as they could before it was too late?
(a) Ledley, Mai, and Hockett.
(b) Mai and Hockett.
(c) Eismann, Burry, and Hockett.
(d) Ledley and Eismann.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) How to Harvest a Migrant Worker.
(b) Accidental Capitalists.
(c) Spider-Man at The Venetian.
(d) Wall Street Bigshot.

4. Who was CEO of Morgan Stanley at the time Hubler was selling CDOs in Chapter 9?
(a) John Mack.
(b) James Smith.
(c) Bernie Madoff.
(d) James Wilson.

5. 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 magazine.
(c) A blog.
(d) A library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael Burry worked as a resident in what field in Chapter 2?

2. The contract with which one of Scion's original investors was coming up in Chapter 8?

3. For what company did Ben Hockett work when he met Jamie Mai?

4. What does NYSE stand for?

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

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