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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, Jim Cramer, a media star, was solidly Harvard and counted as one of his best friends which individual called “the bane of Wall Street”?
(a) Kevin Warsh
(b) Eliot Spitzer
(c) Jim Cracchiolo
(d) Ron Beller

3. According to the author in Chapter 5, David Einhorn was a hedge manager controlling over how much money in assets?
(a) $12 billion
(b) $6 billion
(c) $3 billion
(d) $10 billion

4. Who did Scott Friedheim believe to be responsible for the leak to the Wall Street Journal in Chapter 6?
(a) Erin Callan
(b) Margaret Law
(c) Kerrie Cohen
(d) Sheila Bair

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what country had Dick Fuld been working for a month to secure capital for Lehman in Chapter 6?

2. John Thain is described in Chapter 7 as having worked for Henry Paulson at Goldman Sachs and then as CEO of what company?

3. What refers to a security interest in real property held by a lender as a security for a debt?

4. John Thain went to Michael Bloomberg and proposed that Bloomberg buy back what percent of his company from the bank in Chapter 7?

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

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