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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Michael Burry's first credit default swap, he bought how many bonds?
(a) 15.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

3. What Chinese national who came in second in a math competition in China accompanied Greg Lippmann in Chapter 3?
(a) Michael Oher.
(b) Euguene Xu.
(c) Steve Eisman.
(d) Meredith Whitney.

4. What is the central banking system of the United States?
(a) Wells Fargo.
(b) The World Bank.
(c) U.S. Bank.
(d) The Federal Reserve.

5. Cornwall Capital Management began quickly selling their CDOs in Chapter 9 because they were suddenly concerned with whose ability to pay?
(a) Bear Stearns'.
(b) Wachovia's.
(c) Citigroup's.
(d) Merrill Lynch's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a spectrum of psychological conditions characterized by widespread abnormalities of social interactions and communication, as well as restricted interests and repetitive behavior?

3. Who was Gene Park's boss in Chapter 4?

4. In Chapter 7, Eisman not only bought the CDOs offered by Lippmann, but he also began to short who?

5. When did Howie Hubler go on vacation and never return in Chapter 9?

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