The LN and textbook are self-contained, almost everything you need in this class is either in your LN or recommended textbook. By the way, as stated in the syllabus, I'll assume that you know the material covered by the Review Chapter. I see in your syllabus, a review chapter. We will cover several basic topics, but reviews will be brief and, according to previous students, fast. Chapter RC in the LN, for example, is included in this course mainly for students with no or little background in finance and statistics.
Exams are open book and, therefore, all questions are problems.
I do not pull any surprises during exams. It is not pedagogically correct to provide them. Yes, you can fax me or e-mail me your solutions to the exercises and I'll take a look at them. The second exam does not cover the material covered for the first exam. The Country Report is an individual project.