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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) April 19, 2007
(b) June 2, 2009
(c) January 5, 2010
(d) September 13, 2008

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, Dick Fuld “said that he had become convinced that two of the nation’s most powerful financiers were largely responsible for both the short raid and rumor mongering.” Who were these financiers?
(a) Steven A. Cohen and Kenneth C. Griffin
(b) David Goldfarb and Scott Friedheim
(c) Dan Alpert and Bart McDade
(d) Lloyd Blankfein and Andrew Gowers

3. Where did Dick Fuld receive his B.A. and B.S. in 1969?
(a) The University of Colorado at Boulder
(b) The University of Idaho at Boise
(c) The University of Arizona at Flagstaff
(d) The University of Washington at Tacoma

4. Dick Fuld and who called Warren Buffett to ask him to consider investing in Lehman Brothers, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) Cornelius Vander Starr
(b) Erin Callan
(c) Kerrie Cohen
(d) Bob Diamond

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where did Hank Paulson earn his B.A. in English?

3. According to the author in Chapter 5, Jim Cramer, a media star, was solidly Harvard and counted as one of his best friends which individual called “the bane of Wall Street”?

4. Where does the author say Gerald Domini lived in Chapter 5?

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?

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