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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jamie Dimon was the Chief Executive Officer of what banking and financial services holding company in 2008?
(a) JP Morgan
(b) Chemical Bank
(c) Merrill Lynch
(d) Wachovia

2. What reporter wrote the story about Lehman that he described in Chapter 6 as “the worst betrayal of my career”?
(a) Colm Kelleher
(b) David Einhorn
(c) Gerald Donini
(d) Susanne Craig

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

4. John Thain went to Michael Bloomberg and proposed that Bloomberg buy back what percent of his company from the bank in Chapter 7?
(a) 10%
(b) 20%
(c) 35%
(d) 50%

5. Dick Fuld and who called Warren Buffett to ask him to consider investing in Lehman Brothers, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) Kerrie Cohen
(b) Cornelius Vander Starr
(c) Erin Callan
(d) Bob Diamond

Short Answer Questions

1. Who nominated Hank Paulson to his post in the federal cabinet?

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?

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, Henry Paulson called and informed Dick Fuld that Bear Stearns collapsed and that the U.S. Treasury had taken the step of backing how much in Bear Stearns assets to restore confidence in the market?

4. When was Warren Buffett born?

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

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