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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 Daniel Akaka
(b) Senator Jay Rockefeller
(c) Senator Jim Bunning
(d) Senator Lisa Murkowski

5. Jamie Dimon was the Chief Executive Officer of what banking and financial services holding company in 2008?
(a) Wachovia
(b) Merrill Lynch
(c) JP Morgan
(d) Chemical Bank

Short Answer Questions

1. Dick Fuld was the CEO of what global financial services firm in March, 2008?

2. Where was Hank Paulson born?

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?

4. Who was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2008?

5. When was Warren Buffett born?

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