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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was David Einhorn described as being when he prepared for a speech at the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference in Chapter 5?
(a) 51
(b) 39
(c) 33
(d) 42

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

3. John Thain is described in Chapter 7 as having worked for Henry Paulson at Goldman Sachs and then as CEO of what company?
(a) Berkshire Hathaway
(b) Citigroup
(c) The International Monetary Fund
(d) The New York Stock Exchange

4. What were the quarterly losses that were announced at Lehman Brothers on June 9, 2008?
(a) $2.8 billion
(b) $1.7 billion
(c) $3.6 billion
(d) $2.2 billion

5. Hank Paulson joined Goldman Sachs covering large industrial companies in the Midwest in what year?
(a) 1980
(b) 1974
(c) 1967
(d) 1971

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Chief Financial Officer of Lehman Brothers that presented the earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?

2. Bob Steel called which old friend at Barclays Bank in London to ask if Barclays might be interested in purchasing Lehman in Chapter 4?

3. What title did Hank Paulson hold in 2008?

4. From which hedge fund mogul had Scott Friedheim recently bought a black GMC Denali outfitted with internet access and a chauffeur in Chapter 6?

5. 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”?

(see the answer key)

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