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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dick Fuld receive his B.A. and B.S. in 1969?
(a) The University of Washington at Tacoma
(b) The University of Idaho at Boise
(c) The University of Colorado at Boulder
(d) The University of Arizona at Flagstaff

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

3. Jamie Dimon was the Chief Executive Officer of what banking and financial services holding company in 2008?
(a) Merrill Lynch
(b) JP Morgan
(c) Chemical Bank
(d) Wachovia

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, Henry Paulson called and informed Dick Fuld that Bear Stearns collapsed and that the U.S. Treasury had taken the step of backing how much in Bear Stearns assets to restore confidence in the market?
(a) $15 billion
(b) $8 billion
(c) $30 billion
(d) $2 billion

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of communications at Lehman Brothers in Chapter 6?

2. In the mid-1980s, Bob Willumstad was rising through the executive ranks of what financial corporation?

3. Dick Fuld expressed his belief that Lehman Brothers was under attack by what in Chapter 4?

4. 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?

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

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