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

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

Michael Lewis (author)
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first night of the conference in Chapter 6, Steve Eisman was seated next to a man who was a CDO manager for what company?
(a) FrontPoint.
(b) Cornwall Capital Management.
(c) Standard & Poor's.
(d) Merrill Lynch.

2. When was the conference for subprime mortgage bond salesmen and buyers in Chapter 6?
(a) January, 2007.
(b) May, 2008.
(c) August, 2008.
(d) June, 2004.

3. The alterations to bond ratings made by mortgage lenders in Chapter 4 led to such things as lending how much money to a migrant worker who made only $14,000 a year?
(a) $700 thousand.
(b) $350 thousand.
(c) $500 thousand.
(d) $150 thousand.

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

5. What did Michael Burry study in college?
(a) Engineering.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Law.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. Michael Burry could not bet against mortgage bonds in the same way he could other bonds because he could not short houses, only what?

2. When Cornwall Capital Management moved to Bear Sterns, their account was handled by whom?

3. What does CDS stand for?

4. The first night of the conference in Chapter 6, Steve Eisman found himself attending a dinner thrown by what company?

5. When did Scion Capital open business?

(see the answer key)

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