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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 did Hank Paulson earn his B.A. in English?
(a) Yale University
(b) Stanford University
(c) Dartmouth College
(d) Harvard University

2. Where did Dick Fuld receive his B.A. and B.S. in 1969?
(a) The University of Colorado at Boulder
(b) The University of Washington at Tacoma
(c) The University of Idaho at Boise
(d) The University of Arizona at Flagstaff

3. The hedge fund Peloton had been started by what former Goldman executive, according to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) Bob Steel
(b) Frank Zarb
(c) David Goldfarb
(d) Ron Beller

4. What was the name of Lehman Brothers’ bomb-sniffing Labrador described in Chapter 5?
(a) Sassy
(b) Ducky
(c) Bella
(d) Tenaya

5. Warren Buffett is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of what American multinational conglomerate holding company?
(a) BlackRock
(b) Westwood Capital LLC
(c) Berkshire Hathaway
(d) Wells Fargo

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dick Fuld visiting when he received an urgent call from Henry Paulson regarding the collapse of the fifth largest investment bank in the U.S., according to the author in Chapter 1?

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, David Einhorn was a hedge manager controlling over how much money in assets?

3. What were the quarterly losses that were announced at Lehman Brothers on June 9, 2008?

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

5. With all eyes on Lehman after the Bear collapse, Hank Paulson suggested to Dick Fuld that it would be a good idea for Lehman to increase its holdings of what to shore up confidence in the bank?

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