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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) JP Morgan
(b) Goldman Sachs
(c) Merrill Lynch
(d) Citigroup

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, Bob Steel knew he would face scrutiny from which U.S. senator who opposed government intervention in the markets?
(a) Senator Lisa Murkowski
(b) Senator Jim Bunning
(c) Senator Daniel Akaka
(d) Senator Jay Rockefeller

3. On what date did Lehman Brothers release its earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?
(a) March 18, 2008
(b) February 6, 2008
(c) April 1, 2009
(d) June 22, 2008

4. Jamie Dimon told Hank Paulson that JP Morgan had upped its offer from $2 per share to what in Chapter 2?
(a) $10 per share
(b) $4 per share
(c) $16 per share
(d) $9 per share

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the largest and most prestigious investment bank in the nation that Jamie Dimon advised his staff could possibly file bankruptcy in the Prologue?

2. Hank Paulson joined Goldman Sachs covering large industrial companies in the Midwest in what year?

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, Geithner kept Jamie Dimon from abandoning the negotiations with Bear Stearns by working out a deal where the Federal Reserve lent money to Bear Stearns through JP Morgan, guaranteeing Morgan against how much in losses?

4. Who was Dick Fuld’s mentor at the global financial services firm where he began working and later led the company for much of his career?

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

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