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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, Geithner kept Jamie Dimon from abandoning the negotiations with Bear Stearns by working out a deal where the Federal Reserve lent money to Bear Stearns through JP Morgan, guaranteeing Morgan against how much in losses?
(a) $29 billion
(b) $5 billion
(c) $18 billion
(d) $14 billion

2. Who did Hank Paulson succeed as Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs?
(a) Gerald Donini
(b) Jamie Dimon
(c) David Einhorn
(d) Jon Corzine

3. Who was the Chief Financial Officer of Lehman Brothers that presented the earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?
(a) David Einhorn
(b) Skip McGee
(c) Barry Zubrow
(d) Erin Callan

4. Dick Fuld was the CEO of what global financial services firm in March, 2008?
(a) Wells Fargo
(b) JP Morgan
(c) Lehman Brothers
(d) Greenlight Capital

5. According to the author in Chapter 3, Bob Steel knew he would face scrutiny from which U.S. senator who opposed government intervention in the markets?
(a) Senator Jim Bunning
(b) Senator Jay Rockefeller
(c) Senator Lisa Murkowski
(d) Senator Daniel Akaka

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Warren Buffett born?

2. 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?

3. Timothy Geithner worked for the Treasury Department and what organization prior to his appointment as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?

4. Warren Buffett is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of what American multinational conglomerate holding company?

5. 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?

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