The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Test | Final Test - Easy

Michael Lewis (author)
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The mortgage boom and bust which is central in The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine took place between what years?
(a) 2002-2006.
(b) 2001-2007.
(c) 1999-2004.
(d) 2005-2008.

3. During the first six months of what year did Mike Burry find himself struggling with his investors in Chapter 8?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2007.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1996.

4. How much ownership was Howie Hubler over his own company in the deal in Chapter 9?
(a) 50%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 75%.

5. At the conference in Chapter 6, Charlie Ledley found himself being courted by what company and chiefly ignored by most of the other conference attendees?
(a) Morgan Stanley.
(b) Bear Stearns.
(c) AIG FP.
(d) Standard & Poor's.

6. The contract with which one of Scion's original investors was coming up in Chapter 8?
(a) Citigroup.
(b) Merrill Lynch.
(c) Wachovia.
(d) Gotham.

7. Who is the 29th chairperson of the SEC?
(a) Christopher Cox.
(b) Gerald Robinson.
(c) William H. Donaldson.
(d) Mary Schapiro.

8. What company fell after Bear Sterns in Chapter 10?
(a) Bank of America.
(b) Lehman Brothers.
(c) Chase Bank.
(d) Wachovia.

9. What nickname was John Gutfreund given by Business Week in 1985?
(a) "Mob Boss".
(b) "King of Wall Street".
(c) "Wall Street's Tycoon".
(d) "King of the Hill".

10. Who is an American former stockbroker, investment adviser, non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, and the admitted operator of what has been described as the largest Ponzi scheme in history?
(a) Bernard Madoff.
(b) Lewis Ranieri.
(c) Charlie Ledley.
(d) Greg Lippmann.

11. The first night of the conference in Chapter 6, Steve Eisman found himself attending a dinner thrown by what company?
(a) Oppenheimer and Co.
(b) Deutsche Bank.
(c) Moody's.
(d) Wachovia.

12. Who still felt as though he was not receiving the recognition he deserved for his foresight and lucrative investing and decided to quit as a money manager in Chapter 10?
(a) Charlie Ledley.
(b) Michael Burry.
(c) Michael Lewis.
(d) James Eastman.

13. John Gutfreund openly blames Michael Lewis for what?
(a) The market crash.
(b) Ruining his career.
(c) The bubble bursting.
(d) His divorce.

14. What does the SEC refer to?
(a) Securities and Exchange Commission.
(b) Speculators and Experts Council.
(c) Special Experts Conglomerate.
(d) Sellers and Engineers Committee.

15. In Chapter 7, Eisman not only bought the CDOs offered by Lippmann, but he also began to short who?
(a) The SEC.
(b) The Federal Reserve.
(c) The Wall Street banks involved in these bonds.
(d) The London banks involved with the bonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Howie Hubler decided to find a way to bet against mortgage bonds and in doing so began forming what, which he sold to what he thought were ignorant investors?

2. What is the central banking system of the United States?

3. 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?

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

5. A percentage of FrontPoint was owned by what major investment firm?

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