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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) The End of Wall Street.
(b) Two Men in a Boat.
(c) Tidal Wave of Trouble.
(d) The Fall.

2. 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) Standard & Poor's.
(c) Cornwall Capital Management.
(d) Merrill Lynch.

3. FrontPoint Partners is a subsidiary of what company?
(a) Bear Sterns.
(b) Merrill Lynch.
(c) Wachovia.
(d) Morgan Stanley.

4. When did Howie Hubler go on vacation and never return in Chapter 9?
(a) July, 2002.
(b) March, 2005.
(c) October, 2007.
(d) April, 2006.

5. Where is Morgan Stanley headquartered?
(a) Nashville, TN.
(b) Boston, MA.
(c) Washington D.C.
(d) New York, NY.

6. What is the title of the book's Epilogue?
(a) Two Men in a Boat.
(b) The Last of Wall Street.
(c) Everything is Correlated.
(d) The Fall.

7. Who was the head of the surveillance department at Moody in Chapter 7?
(a) Vincent Daniel.
(b) Ernestine Warner.
(c) Lewis Ranieri.
(d) Greg Lippman.

8. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) Money Wonders.
(b) Gathering Eggs.
(c) The Gold Rush.
(d) The Great Treasure Hunt.

9. To what floor did Howie Hubler move after making a unique deal with his company in Chapter 9?
(a) 10th.
(b) 26th.
(c) 16th.
(d) 21st.

10. When was Eisman invited to make a speech to support a quickly flagging Wall Street firm in Chapter 10?
(a) March 14, 2008.
(b) October 22, 2007.
(c) June 3, 2007.
(d) January 5, 2008.

11. When did Scion Capital open business?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1997.

12. John Gutfreund turned what company from a private partnership into a publicly traded corporation?
(a) Bear Sterns.
(b) Oppenheimer and Co.
(c) Salomon Brothers.
(d) Lehman Brothers.

13. Howie Hubler was a bond trader for what company in Chapter 9?
(a) Bear Sterns.
(b) Wachovia.
(c) Morgan Stanley.
(d) Merrill Lynch.

14. In the Epilogue, Michael Lewis tells his readers about a lunch meeting he had with his former CEO at what company?
(a) Oppenheimer and Co.
(b) Salomon Brothers.
(c) Merrill Lynch.
(d) Bear Sterns.

15. When was the Morgan Stanley corporation founded?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Asperger's syndrome differs from other autistic disorders by its relative preservation of development in what areas?

2. Where did Michael Lewis receive a BA in Art History?

3. What does NYSE stand for?

4. How much did Morgan Stanley settle with Deutsche Bank on the CDOs purchased from Hubler in Chapter 9?

5. Who was CEO of Morgan Stanley at the time Hubler was selling CDOs in Chapter 9?

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