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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Lehman Brothers release its earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?
(a) March 18, 2008
(b) June 22, 2008
(c) April 1, 2009
(d) February 6, 2008

2. Timothy Geithner worked for the Treasury Department and what organization prior to his appointment as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?
(a) The Bank of Rome
(b) The International Monetary Fund
(c) The Bank of Berlin
(d) The World Bank

3. 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) Silver
(b) Gold
(c) Platinum
(d) Cash

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hank Paulson joined Goldman Sachs covering large industrial companies in the Midwest in what year?

3. On what morning does the author describe Jamie Dimon awakening after an emergency meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York with a dozen of his rival Wall Street CEOs in the beginning of the Prologue?

4. Where was Dick Fuld born?

5. Timothy Geithner was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during what years?

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