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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Gold
(b) Cash
(c) Platinum
(d) Silver

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?
(a) Berkshire Hathaway
(b) JP Morgan
(c) Merrill Lynch
(d) Lehman Brothers

3. 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?
(a) Wachovia
(b) Wells Fargo
(c) Goldman Sachs
(d) Barclays

4. 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) Citigroup
(d) Merrill Lynch

5. Where was Dick Fuld born?
(a) New York, NY
(b) Dallas, TX
(c) New Orleans, LA
(d) Chicago, IL

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the title of the article from the Wall Street Journal that Dick Fuld called “the worst betrayal of my career” in Chapter 6?

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

5. Dick Fuld expressed his belief that Lehman Brothers was under attack by what in Chapter 4?

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