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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. Cornwall Capital Management ended with more than how much in CDOs in Chapter 7?
2. On what date does the author write the face of Wall Street changed in Chapter 10?
3. Who was the head of the surveillance department at Moody in Chapter 7?
4. Who still felt as though he was not receiving the recognition he deserved for his foresight and lucrative investing and decided to quit as a money manager in Chapter 10?
5. During Eisman's speech for a quickly flagging Wall Street firm in Chapter 10, stocks in the company fell by more than how many points?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Wing Chau selling essentially, as discovered by Eisman in Chapter 6?
2. What role did Ben Hockett play in the success of Cornwall Capital Management?
3. How many CDOs did Cornwall Capital Management acquire after the conference in Chapter 7?
4. Who courted Charlie Ledley at the conference in Chapter 6? What was Ledley's objective at the conference?
5. Who took the hardest hit from the mortgage crisis, according to the author in his conclusion of the book?
6. What conclusion did Steve Eisman reach regarding the CDSs and CDOs in Chapter 7?
7. Who attended the conference described in Chapter 6? Where was it held?
8. What led Cornwall Capital Management to sell off their CDOs in Chapter 9? How much did they make?
9. Why did Steve Eisman buy CDOs from Lippmann in Chapter 7?
10. What did Charlie Ledley and Michael Burry do in the aftermath of the market disaster in Chapter 10?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the life and career of author Michael Lewis. What was the subject of Lewis' first book? What recognition did he earn from it?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss ISDAs, Ace Greenburg, Bear Sterns and Ben Hockett. How did Hockett contribute to the evolution of Cornwall Capital Management?
Essay Topic 3
Describe FICO and the role of rating systems in the mortgage crisis. From whom did Eisman make the discoveries about the ratings companies?
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