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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Chinese national who came in second in a math competition in China accompanied Greg Lippmann in Chapter 3?
(a) Steve Eisman.
(b) Michael Oher.
(c) Meredith Whitney.
(d) Euguene Xu.

2. What refers to loans made to customers with less than perfect credit?
(a) High interest.
(b) Subprime.
(c) CDS's.
(d) Gambles.

3. In whose garage did Charlie Ledley begin operating a hedge fund in Chapter 5?
(a) Jamie Mai's.
(b) Mike Burry's.
(c) Steve Eisman's.
(d) Greg Lippmann's.

4. When did money manager Michael Burry become interested in bonds?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2002.

5. When was the conference for subprime mortgage bond salesmen and buyers in Chapter 6?
(a) May, 2008.
(b) August, 2008.
(c) January, 2007.
(d) June, 2004.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the investment group Steve Eisman formed after quitting his job as a bond analyst?

2. When was Michael Lewis born?

3. On what date did the head of the International Monetary Fund warn that the world financial system was teetering on the "brink of systemic meltdown"?

4. What company did Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai investigate because of some legal troubles, deciding that the legal trouble would blow over and their low stock would soon rally in Chapter 5?

5. Where was the conference for subprime mortgage bond salesmen and buyers in Chapter 6?

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