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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the Chief of Staff at Goldman Sachs in Chapter 9?
(a) John F. Rogers
(b) Jon Corzine
(c) Gerald Donini
(d) Martin Sullivan

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

4. What was Dick Fuld nicknamed on Wall Street for his competitive nature?
(a) Bear
(b) Gorilla
(c) Shark
(d) Hyena

5. Jim Cramer was a popular television celebrity with an influential financial program on what network, according to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) FOX
(b) ABC
(c) CNBC
(d) CNN

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2008, AIG had grown into one of the world’s largest financial companies, with more than how much worth of assets on its books?

2. What word from Chapter 5 derives from German and describes an all-motorized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power?

3. The hedge fund Peloton had been started by what former Goldman executive, according to the author in Chapter 5?

4. The assignment of Jamie Dimon and a dozen of his rival CEOs at the emergency meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was to come up with a plan to save what company, according to the author in the Prologue?

5. What was the Chairman of the Board of AIG’s outside law firm in Chapter 8?

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