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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does the author state Long-Term Capital Management blew up in Chapter 5?
(a) 1998
(b) 1999
(c) 1996
(d) 1995

2. 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?
(a) Gold
(b) Cash
(c) Platinum
(d) Silver

3. Who was the Chief Financial Officer of Lehman Brothers that presented the earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?
(a) Barry Zubrow
(b) David Einhorn
(c) Erin Callan
(d) Skip McGee

4. Who was the head of communications at Lehman Brothers in Chapter 6?
(a) Jeremiah Norton
(b) Andrew Gowers
(c) Michael Cavanaugh
(d) Tony Ryan

5. 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) Cornelius Vander Starr
(b) David Einhorn
(c) Michael Bloomberg
(d) Eddie Lampert

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Jim Cramer was a popular television celebrity with an influential financial program on what network, according to the author in Chapter 5?

3. 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?

4. John Thain was described as the CEO of which investment banking and wealth management firm in Chapter 7?

5. Where was Hank Paulson born?

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