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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 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?
(a) China
(b) England
(c) Iceland
(d) India
2. Warren Buffett is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of what American multinational conglomerate holding company?
(a) BlackRock
(b) Berkshire Hathaway
(c) Wells Fargo
(d) Westwood Capital LLC
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?
(a) Lehman Brothers Holdings to Consider Monetization of Claims Vs. Holding Company
(b) Lehman Files for Bankruptcy, Merrill Sold, AIG Seeks Cash
(c) Lehman Is Seeking Oversees Capital
(d) Lehman Ends $38 Billion Standoff
4. 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
5. By what name is the regulation that “had been introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1938 to prevent investors from continually shorting a stock that was falling” called?
(a) The uptick rule
(b) The salvation rule
(c) The cutback rule
(d) The downdraft rule
Short Answer Questions
1. Dick Fuld had been pressing what old friend and former Chairman of AIG to put money into Lehman Brothers in Chapter 6?
2. What was Dick Fuld nicknamed on Wall Street for his competitive nature?
3. Where was the hedge fund Peloton based?
4. Dick Fuld and who called Warren Buffett to ask him to consider investing in Lehman Brothers, according to the author in Chapter 2?
5. Where did Hank Paulson earn his B.A. in English?
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