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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 did Hank Paulson become a partner at Goldman Sachs?
(a) 1982
(b) 1989
(c) 1985
(d) 1979

2. Where did Hank Paulson earn his B.A. in English?
(a) Stanford University
(b) Yale University
(c) Harvard University
(d) Dartmouth College

3. David Einhorn was the founder and president of what hedge fund?
(a) Citigroup
(b) Greenlight Capital
(c) Westwood Capital LLC
(d) Brysam Global Partners

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

5. Timothy Geithner was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during what years?
(a) 2003-2009
(b) 2001-2010
(c) 1999-2002
(d) 2002-2005

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2008?

2. Where was Dick Fuld visiting when he received an urgent call from Henry Paulson regarding the collapse of the fifth largest investment bank in the U.S., according to the author in Chapter 1?

3. 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?

4. Timothy Geithner worked for the Treasury Department and what organization prior to his appointment as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?

5. How old was Scott Friedheim described by the author in Chapter 6?

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