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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Howie Hubler's company was so impressed with Hubler that they made him a unique deal by giving him what within their company in Chapter 9?
(a) Free investments.
(b) A money management firm.
(c) An extraordary bonus.
(d) A house.

2. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) The Blind Investors.
(b) Accidental Capitalists.
(c) A Lucky Fortune.
(d) Wall Street Rookies.

3. Where was the conference for subprime mortgage bond salesmen and buyers in Chapter 6?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Miami.
(c) New York.
(d) Las Vegas.

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

5. What are divisions of mortgage bonds in which the mortgage bonds are divided into pieces?
(a) Collateral debt obligation.
(b) FICO Scores.
(c) Credit default swap.
(d) Tranches.

Short Answer Questions

1. Steve Eisman discovered that what company was fraudulently selling fifteen year mortgages under the guise of thirty year mortgages?

2. In Chapter 5, Ledley and Mai bought multi-million dollar triple-A CDOs rather than the triple-B CDOs who had purchased?

3. Gene Park worked for what company in Chapter 4?

4. At the conference in Chapter 6, Charlie Ledley found himself being courted by what company and chiefly ignored by most of the other conference attendees?

5. When was Michael Lewis' first book published?

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