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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 14, beneath the New York Federal Reserve Building lies a three-level vault that holds more than how much money’s worth of gold?
(a) $60 billion
(b) $30 billion
(c) $100 billion
(d) $10 billion

2. Who nominated Hank Paulson to his post in the federal cabinet?
(a) Barack Obama
(b) Dick Cheney
(c) George W. Bush
(d) Bill Clinton

3. Where does the author say Gerald Domini lived in Chapter 5?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut
(b) Summit, NJ
(c) Bangor, Maine
(d) Boston, Massachusetts

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

5. When did FAS 157 become effective?
(a) November 15, 2007
(b) May 9, 2006
(c) August 1, 2004
(d) June 28, 2005

Short Answer Questions

1. Who at JP Morgan was concerned about the deal between Bank of American and Merrill Lynch because he had hoped to someday make a deal with Bank of America himself in Chapter 15?

2. What was Dick Fuld nicknamed on Wall Street for his competitive nature?

3. 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?

4. Bob Steel called which old friend at Barclays Bank in London to ask if Barclays might be interested in purchasing Lehman in Chapter 4?

5. Who was the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets of the Treasury in Chapter 11?

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