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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lloyd Blankfein was waiting to make a speech at what annual conference in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) The Financial Services Marketing Symposium
(b) The Service Nation Summit
(c) The Mobile Banking and Commerce Summit
(d) The Underbanked Financial Services Symposium

2. On what date does the author describe Dick Fuld holding a copy of the Wall Street Journal with an article on page C1 that was deemed by him “the worst betrayal of my career” in Chapter 6?
(a) July 8, 2007
(b) June 4, 2008
(c) January 25, 2008
(d) February 17, 2007

3. Who did Dick Fuld ask to put in a word with the Korean bank for Lehman Brothers in Chapter 10?
(a) Jim Wilkinson
(b) David Faber
(c) Greg Fleming
(d) Hank Paulson

4. What British heist movie does the author describe Dick Fuld and the Lehman team watching as they returned from Seoul in Chapter 11?
(a) The Bank Job
(b) Dog Day Afternoon
(c) Rififi
(d) Snatch

5. How much was oil going for per barrel according to the author in Chapter 9?
(a) $140
(b) $163
(c) $85.
(d) $98

Short Answer Questions

1. What was referred to as “the good bank-bad bank plan” that McDade was thinking of announcing in Chapter 12?

2. Dick Fuld had been pressing what old friend and former Chairman of AIG to put money into Lehman Brothers in Chapter 6?

3. Where did Dick Fuld receive his B.A. and B.S. in 1969?

4. What reporter wrote the story about Lehman that he described in Chapter 6 as “the worst betrayal of my career”?

5. Who was the head of communications at Lehman Brothers in Chapter 6?

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