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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, Henry Paulson called and informed Dick Fuld that Bear Stearns collapsed and would be bought by what investment company?
(a) JP Morgan
(b) Goldman Sachs
(c) Merrill Lynch
(d) Citigroup

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

3. 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) Shock-and-awe
(b) Blitzkrieg
(c) Assassination
(d) Kamikaze

4. In what year did Hank Paulson become a partner at Goldman Sachs?
(a) 1985
(b) 1982
(c) 1989
(d) 1979

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lloyd Blankfein had assembled a meeting of the board of Goldman Sachs where in Chapter 9?

2. Who is described as Lehman Brothers’ spokesperson in Chapter 6?

3. 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?

4. On what date does the author describe Dick Fuld holding a copy of the Wall Street Journal with an article on page C1 that was deemed by him “the worst betrayal of my career” in Chapter 6?

5. 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?

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