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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dick Fuld was the CEO of what global financial services firm in March, 2008?
(a) Greenlight Capital
(b) JP Morgan
(c) Wells Fargo
(d) Lehman Brothers

2. The assignment of Jamie Dimon and a dozen of his rival CEOs at the emergency meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was to come up with a plan to save what company, according to the author in the Prologue?
(a) Merrill Lynch
(b) Lehman Brothers
(c) JP Morgan
(d) Berkshire Hathaway

3. Hank Paulson joined Goldman Sachs covering large industrial companies in the Midwest in what year?
(a) 1971
(b) 1974
(c) 1980
(d) 1967

4. Where was Hank Paulson born?
(a) Knoxville, TN
(b) Des Moines, IA
(c) Palm Beach, FL
(d) Billings, MT

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, Henry Paulson called and informed Dick Fuld that Bear Stearns collapsed and would be bought by what investment company?
(a) Goldman Sachs
(b) JP Morgan
(c) Merrill Lynch
(d) Citigroup

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Hank Paulson earn his B.A. in English?

2. On what date did Lehman Brothers release its earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?

3. What was Dick Fuld nicknamed on Wall Street for his competitive nature?

4. Who was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2008?

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

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