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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. FrontPoint Partners is a subsidiary of what company?

2. What is the title of Chapter 10?

3. The first night of the conference in Chapter 6, Steve Eisman was seated next to a man named what?

4. Who was the head of Salomon Brothers' mortgage department in the 1980s and featured in the book Liar's Poker?

5. The mortgage boom and bust which is central in The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine took place between what years?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does the author describe meeting for lunch in the Epilogue?

2. What was Wing Chau selling essentially, as discovered by Eisman in Chapter 6?

3. Why did Steve Eisman buy CDOs from Lippmann in Chapter 7?

4. What actions from the 1980s does the author describe as leading up to the mortgage crisis in the Epilogue?

5. How many CDOs did Cornwall Capital Management acquire after the conference in Chapter 7?

6. What took place as Steve Eisman gave a speech in Chapter 10?

7. Who attended the conference described in Chapter 6? Where was it held?

8. For how much did Morgan Stanley settle on the CDOs in Chapter 9?

9. What information did Steve Eisman discover about the rating companies in Chapter 7?

10. Why did Mike Burry's reports to investors appear bleak in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss AIG FP and its role in the mortgage crisis of 2008. Who became aware of the role AIG FP played in the disaster?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that Merrill Lynch played in the mortgage crisis of 2008. What actions did the company take which led directly or indirectly to the failings of banks?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the life and career of author Michael Lewis. What was the subject of Lewis' first book? What recognition did he earn from it?

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