The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Michael Lewis (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Michael Lewis (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 132 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What refers to a cumulative number that suggests a consumer's credit risk?

3. What was Michael Lewis' first book?

4. Who offered Michael Burry bonds at $100 million a deal in Chapter 2?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ledley and Mai discover about CDOs and CDSs in Chapter 5?

2. What report did Steve Eisman publish in 1997? Who assisted him?

3. How did Cornwall Capital Management secure an ISDA? What did this mean for the company?

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

5. What did Goldman Sachs begin doing with their bottom tranches in Chapter 3?

6. What important individuals and concepts are introduced in Chapter 1?

7. What did Steve Eisman's team conclude after analyzing the mortgage data in Chapter 4?

8. What "expert" did Greg Lippmann bring to speak with Steve Eisman in Chapter 3? Why?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Greg Lippmann and the dealings between Deutsche Bank and FrontPoint. What was Lippmann's objective in approaching Eisman?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Moody's and Standard & Poor's. When were these rating companies established? What is their role on Wall Street?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Meredith Whitney, Oppenheimer and Co., and Citigroup. What market prediction brought great interest in Whitney?

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