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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the author say Gerald Domini lived in Chapter 5?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut
(b) Bangor, Maine
(c) Boston, Massachusetts
(d) Summit, NJ

3. Where was Hank Paulson born?
(a) Knoxville, TN
(b) Des Moines, IA
(c) Billings, MT
(d) Palm Beach, FL

4. Where was Dick Fuld born?
(a) New Orleans, LA
(b) Dallas, TX
(c) Chicago, IL
(d) New York, NY

5. Who was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2008?
(a) Jim Bunning
(b) Michael Bloomberg
(c) Ben Bernanke
(d) Jon Corzine

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Lehman Brothers’ bomb-sniffing Labrador described in Chapter 5?

2. Jamie Dimon was the Chief Executive Officer of what banking and financial services holding company in 2008?

3. Who nominated Hank Paulson to his post in the federal cabinet?

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?

5. Gerald Donini asserts when speaking with Jim Cramer in Chapter 5 that he felt the real problem in the marketplace wasn’t short-selling, but what?

(see the answer key)

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