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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the hedge fund Peloton based?
(a) New York
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) Chicago

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, Dick Fuld “said that he had become convinced that two of the nation’s most powerful financiers were largely responsible for both the short raid and rumor mongering.” Who were these financiers?
(a) David Goldfarb and Scott Friedheim
(b) Dan Alpert and Bart McDade
(c) Lloyd Blankfein and Andrew Gowers
(d) Steven A. Cohen and Kenneth C. Griffin

3. Who is described as Lehman Brothers’ spokesperson in Chapter 6?
(a) Erin Callan
(b) Sheila Bair
(c) Margaret Law
(d) Kerrie Cohen

4. According to the author in Chapter 6, Scott Friedheim was an executive in whose mold?
(a) Arnold Swarzanegger’s
(b) Warren Buffett’s
(c) Ben Bernanke’s
(d) Joe Gregory’s

5. From which hedge fund mogul had Scott Friedheim recently bought a black GMC Denali outfitted with internet access and a chauffeur in Chapter 6?
(a) Michael Bloomberg
(b) Cornelius Vander Starr
(c) David Einhorn
(d) Eddie Lampert

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Dick Fuld choose as his right-hand-man when he became CEO of a leading global financial services firm?

2. What was the name of Lehman Brothers’ bomb-sniffing Labrador described in Chapter 5?

3. Where does the author say Gerald Domini lived in Chapter 5?

4. Gerald Donini asserts when speaking with Jim Cramer in Chapter 5 that he felt the real problem in the marketplace wasn’t short-selling, but what?

5. Timothy Geithner was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during what years?

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