The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Test | Final 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 | Final 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 the title of Chapter 10?

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

3. At the conference in Chapter 6, Charlie Ledley spoke a man from what company that would eventually do business with Ledley's hedge fund?

4. When did Howie Hubler go on vacation and never return in Chapter 9?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What fraudulent actions did Mike Burry take in Chapter 8? Why?

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

3. What did Morgan Stanley offer Howie Hubler in Chapter 9?

4. What did Charlie Ledley and Michael Burry do in the aftermath of the market disaster in Chapter 10?

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

6. What did Steve Eisman find himself drawn to at the conference in Chapter 6? Why?

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

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

9. What role did Ben Hockett play in the success of Cornwall Capital Management?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Charlie Ledley's objectives and obstacles at the Las Vegas conference. What did Ledley hope to achieve at the conference and what stood in his way?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Michael Burry's deals with Bank of America and Goldman Sachs in Chapter 2. How many CDSs did Burry purchase?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Charlie Ledley, Jamie Mai, Cornwall Capital Management and Capital One Financial. What investments did Ledley and Mai make in establishing their company?

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