Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was John Gutfreund born?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1945.
2. Asperger's syndrome differs from other autistic disorders by its relative preservation of development in what areas?
(a) Linguistic and cognitive.
(b) Coordination and Linguistic.
(c) Linguistic.
(d) Cognitive and spacial.
3. When did Morgan Stanley purchase Smith Barney from Citigroup?
(a) 2001.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2007.
(d) 2003.
4. 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) Merrill Lynch.
(c) Standard & Poor's.
(d) Cornwall Capital Management.
5. What does NASD stand for?
(a) Numerical Assembly of Securities Dealers.
(b) Native Association of Stock Dealers.
(c) National Association of Securities Dealers.
(d) National Assembly of Stock Dealers.
Short Answer Questions
1. Reluctant to lose out on what Michael Burry was convinced would be a profitable investment, what did he do with his CDSs to keep his investors from taking their money back in Chapter 8?
2. John Gutfreund turned what company from a private partnership into a publicly traded corporation?
3. A percentage of FrontPoint was owned by what major investment firm?
4. When was Eisman invited to make a speech to support a quickly flagging Wall Street firm in Chapter 10?
5. The first night of the conference in Chapter 6, Steve Eisman found himself attending a dinner thrown by what company?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Wing Chau selling essentially, as discovered by Eisman in Chapter 6?
2. Who courted Charlie Ledley at the conference in Chapter 6? What was Ledley's objective at the conference?
3. When did Howie Hubler disappear? How much did Morgan Stanley lose from his actions?
4. What did Morgan Stanley offer Howie Hubler in Chapter 9?
5. What eventually led to Morgan Stanley questioning the actions of Howie Hubler?
6. Who does the author describe meeting for lunch in the Epilogue?
7. What is a CDS?
8. How much did Mike Burry make from his CDSs in Chapter 9? What was his outcome?
9. What led Cornwall Capital Management to sell off their CDOs in Chapter 9? How much did they make?
10. Why did Steve Eisman buy CDOs from Lippmann in Chapter 7?
|
This section contains 902 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
