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Michael Lewis (author)
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With the creation of ______, mortgage companies became inspired to grow quickly and offer a great many loans to customers.
(a) Standard & Poor's.
(b) Mortgage bonds.
(c) Moody's.
(d) FICO Scores.

3. In Chapter 4, AIG FP did not get whose message as he assumed they had?
(a) Ben Hockett's.
(b) Greg Lippmann's.
(c) Ace Greenburg's.
(d) Michael Lewis'.

4. Where did Michael Burry share his thoughts on investing while learning what he could from others in Chapter 2?
(a) Seminars.
(b) Wall street.
(c) Online social networks.
(d) Church.

5. When did money manager Michael Burry become interested in bonds?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2000.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Michael Lewis' first book published?

2. What is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany?

3. On what date did the head of the International Monetary Fund warn that the world financial system was teetering on the "brink of systemic meltdown"?

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

5. For what company did Michael Lewis begin working after earning his Masters degree in Economics?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are AIG FP's actions described in Chapter 3?

2. With whom did Charley Ledley work in New York? What individual did he meet from Berkeley, California in Chapter 5?

3. What did Steve Eisman discover about Household Finance Corporation in Chapter 1?

4. How is Mike Burry described in Chapter 3? What did he study before entering the stock market?

5. What obstacles did Cornwall Capital Management face as a beginning business?

6. What patterns did Steve Eisman's team discover in mortgage trading in Chapter 4?

7. What was AIG FP's role in the stock market crash, as described in Chapter 3?

8. Discuss Steve Eisman's work with mortgage bonds. How were mortgage bonds divided?

9. How did Steve Eisman come to work for Oppenheimer Co.? How is he described?

10. Who was the only person at AIG FP to investigate the company's CDSs in Chapter 4? What did he discover?

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