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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 Ben Hockett's help, Cornwall received a contract which allowed them to buy what?
(a) CDOs.
(b) CDSs.
(c) FICOs.
(d) ISDAs.

2. For what company did Ben Hockett work when he met Jamie Mai?
(a) Deutsche Bank.
(b) Standard & Poor's.
(c) Oppenheimer and Co.
(d) AIG FP.

3. Where did Meredith Whitney work when she predicted the need for Citigroup to slash their dividends or crash in 2007?
(a) Wachovia.
(b) Merrill Lynch.
(c) Oppenheimer and Co.
(d) Bear Sterns.

4. Who offered Michael Burry bonds at $100 million a deal in Chapter 2?
(a) Goldman Sachs.
(b) Deutsche Bank.
(c) Bank of America.
(d) Oppenheimer and Co.

5. What was the profession of Michael Lewis' father?
(a) Plumber.
(b) Corporate lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Electrician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who went to a conference of subprime mortgage bond professionals and learned from a woman that her supervisors picked and chose which mortgage bonds would be triple-A rated despite her frequent recommendations that most of them be downgraded?

2. How much ownership was Howie Hubler over his own company in the deal in Chapter 9?

3. Who thought that if AIG stopped buying the bonds, the subprime mortgage bond market would collapse, making him a fortune in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 4, AIG FP did not get whose message as he assumed they had?

5. Who from Deutsche Bank asked if they could buy the swaps back from Michael Burry in Chapter 2?

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