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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Berkshire Hathaway.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What step did Buffett take in early 1966?
(a) began a new fund.
(b) hired new analyst.
(c) quit the market.
(d) closed the partnership to new accounts.

2. After graduating from business school, Warren returned to Omaha to work for:
(a) Citi Bank.
(b) Omaha National Bank.
(c) Buffett-Falk & Company.
(d) Proctor & Gamble.

3. What was Warren's major passion outside of work?
(a) golf.
(b) bridge.
(c) tennis.
(d) baseball.

4. Which of the following is not one of the terms of Warren's partnership?
(a) adding and withdrawing capital only on December 31.
(b) secrecy.
(c) Warren would only make the investments his partners wanted.
(d) Investors had no say in the kinds of investments.

5. What did Buffett worry about at the age of twenty six when he had little money?
(a) where he would retire to.
(b) how much money to leave to his children and what to do with the money.
(c) how to amass a fortune.
(d) on an individual basis.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many partnerships was Warren running by the end of his first year?

2. Buffett began buying Berkshire-Hathaway stock in:

3. Buffett Partnership was Berkshire's biggest stockholder by:

4. Warren first ran away at the age of:

5. What did Warren always wear in high school?

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