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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which hedge fund mogul had Scott Friedheim recently bought a black GMC Denali outfitted with internet access and a chauffeur in Chapter 6?
(a) Eddie Lampert
(b) Michael Bloomberg
(c) David Einhorn
(d) Cornelius Vander Starr

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

3. Warren Buffett is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of what American multinational conglomerate holding company?
(a) BlackRock
(b) Berkshire Hathaway
(c) Westwood Capital LLC
(d) Wells Fargo

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

5. What word from Chapter 5 derives from German and describes an all-motorized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power?
(a) Blitzkrieg
(b) Assassination
(c) Shock-and-awe
(d) Kamikaze

Short Answer Questions

1. With all eyes on Lehman after the Bear collapse, Hank Paulson suggested to Dick Fuld that it would be a good idea for Lehman to increase its holdings of what to shore up confidence in the bank?

2. Hank Paulson and his staff prepared a secret plan for how to deal with the situation should Lehman or another large firm go bankrupt, or if several banks should begin to fail at once. Who did they present their plan to in a meeting described by Sorkin in Chapter 4?

3. On the heels of David Einhorn’s campaign against Lehman Brothers, Lehman’s stock had fallen how much since Einhorn’s speech in May, according to the author in Chapter 6?

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 6, Scott Friedheim was an executive in whose mold?

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