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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Quiz

Michael Lewis (author)
This Study Guide consists of approximately 25 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Big Short.
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine Quiz

Michael Lewis (author)
This Study Guide consists of approximately 25 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Big Short.

Take our free The Big Short quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

With Ben Hockett's help, Cornwall received what contract? (from Chapters 4-5)

2.

What nickname was John Gutfreund given by Business Week in 1985? (from Chapter 10 and Epilogue)

3.

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? (from Chapters 4-5)

4.

After the conference in Chapters 6 and 7, who began buying millions of CDOs, anxious to buy as many as they could before it was too late? (from Chapters 6-7)

5.

John Gutfreund turned what company from a private partnership into a publicly traded corporation? (from Chapter 10 and Epilogue)

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