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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Dick Fuld nicknamed on Wall Street for his competitive nature?
(a) Bear
(b) Shark
(c) Gorilla
(d) Hyena

2. Who did Dick Fuld choose as his right-hand-man when he became CEO of a leading global financial services firm?
(a) Joe Gregory
(b) Bob Kelly
(c) David Trone
(d) Edward Liddy

3. Who nominated Hank Paulson to his post in the federal cabinet?
(a) Barack Obama
(b) Dick Cheney
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) George W. Bush

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

5. 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) Barclays
(b) Wachovia
(c) Goldman Sachs
(d) Wells Fargo

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Hank Paulson become a partner at Goldman Sachs?

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

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. 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?

5. What title did Hank Paulson hold in 2008?

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