The Big Short Quizzes

The Big Short Quiz 1

1 What is Steve Eisman's defining characteristic?
Meekness

Indignation

Intelligence

Withdrawal
2 What is Michael Burry's defining characteristic?
Rudeness

Isolation

Indignation

Meekness
3 What is Ben Hockett's defining characteristic?
Shyness

Caution

Rudeness

Anger
4 What is Cornwall Capital's defining characteristic?
Arrogance

Wealth

Inexperience

Incompetence
5 What is Howie Hubler known for?
Dooming subprime mortgage bonds

Betting against subprime mortgage bonds

Betting for subprime mortgage bonds

Saving subprime mortgage bonds
6 What is John Devaney known for?
Being humble

Helping Steve Eisman

Predicting the crash

Extravagant wealth
7 What is Wing Chau known for?
Saving CDOs

His confidence in CDOs

Helping Wall Street during the crash

Shorting CDOs
8 What is Charlie Ledley known for?
Gaining investors' trust

His long-term bet against A-rated bonds

Shorting triple-B-rated bonds

Believing in the subprime mortgage bond market
9 What is John Paulson known for?
Working against Greg Lippmann

Supporting subprime mortgage bonds

Working against Cornwall Capital

Investing a huge amount of money betting against subprime mortgage bonds
10 What is Joe Cassano known for?
His founding of Cornwall Capital

His bullish leadership style at AIG FP

His smart leadership of AIG FP

His contributions to Morgan Stanley
11 What is Gene Park known for?
Advising AIG FP not to buy more subprime mortgage bonds

Leading AIG FP

Advising AIG FP to buy more subprime mortgage bonds

Leading Morgan Stanley
12 What is Eugene Xu known for?
Supporting Greg Lippmann's arguments with data

Advising Morgan Stanley

Opposing Greg Lippmann's arguments with data

Advising Cornwall Capital
13 What is Vincent Daniel known for?
Investing in home loans for FrontPoint

Advising Cornwall Capital to bet for subprime mortgage bonds

Advising Eisman to bet for subprime mortgage bonds

Discovering the delinquency rate of home loans for FrontPoint
14 What did Eisman believe about Wall Street?
Its basic creed is "fuck the poor"

It was easy to exploit

It loves and cares for the poor

It was lost on the path to greatness
15 What was Burry's main struggle?
Competing with Steve Eisman

Convincing the banks he was right

His investors not believing in him

Not having enough capital
16 What is Lippmann's main struggle?
Escaping detection

Convincing Deutsche Bank to bet for subprime mortgage bonds

Building up enough wealth

Convincing investors to buy credit default swaps
17 What is Eisman's main struggle?
Opposing Michael Burry

Opposing Greg Lippmann

Figuring out exactly how Wall Street is going wrong

Making money
18 How is Eisman changed by his experiences in 2007-2008?
He becomes more aggressive

He becomes more optimistic

He becomes more cynical

He becomes more accommodating
19 How is Michael Burry changed by his experiences in 2007-2008?
He becomes happier

He becomes angrier

He becomes more optimistic

He closes his fund
20 What gives the narrator authority?
He knew these characters personally

He works for the government

He worked on Wall Street in the '80s

He was involved in the subprime mortgage bond market
21 Why does Steve Eisman want to short the subprime mortgage bond market?
He hates Michael Burry

He hates Wall Street

He likes Greg Lippmann

He wants to get rich
22 Why does Michael Burry want to short the subprime mortgage bond market?
He hates Steve Eisman

He sees an opportunity

He needs the money

He hates Wall Street
23 What was Michael Burry's original profession?
Neurologist

Banker

Professor

Bond salesman
24 What was Steve Eisman's original profession?
Lawyer

Doctor

Bond salesman

Banker
25 What was Charlie Ledley and Jamie Mai's original profession?
Bond salesmen

Professors

Lawyers

Subordinates at a private equity firm