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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Thain was described as the CEO of which investment banking and wealth management firm in Chapter 7?
(a) Merrill Lynch
(b) Lehman Brothers
(c) Berkshire Hathaway
(d) Greenlight Capital

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?
(a) England
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Iceland

3. What title did Hank Paulson hold in 2008?
(a) United States Secretary of the Interior
(b) United States Secretary of State
(c) United States Secretary of Education
(d) United States Secretary of the Treasury

4. What was the name of Lehman Brothers’ bomb-sniffing Labrador described in Chapter 5?
(a) Sassy
(b) Bella
(c) Tenaya
(d) Ducky

5. Lloyd Blankfein was waiting to make a speech at what annual conference in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) The Financial Services Marketing Symposium
(b) The Mobile Banking and Commerce Summit
(c) The Underbanked Financial Services Symposium
(d) The Service Nation Summit

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, Bob Steel knew he would face scrutiny from which U.S. senator who opposed government intervention in the markets?

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

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

4. Who did Jamie Dimon take with him to meet with Ben Bernanke in Chapter 12?

5. Where was the hedge fund Peloton based?

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