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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) July 8, 2007
(b) January 25, 2008
(c) February 17, 2007
(d) June 4, 2008

2. 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?
(a) 37.2%
(b) 12.5%
(c) 22.6%
(d) 31.0%

3. Henry Paulson cut his meeting short with the bankers in Chapter 11 because he was going with his family to attend the Olympic Games where?
(a) Beijing
(b) London
(c) Vancouver
(d) Atlanta

4. Who was the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets of the Treasury in Chapter 11?
(a) Bob Steel
(b) Lloyd Blankfein
(c) Ron Beller
(d) Anthony Ryan

5. On what date does the author describe Bart McDade and Alex Kirk arriving in Dick Fuld’s office in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) March 5, 2009
(b) September 10, 2008
(c) July 28, 2008
(d) November 14, 2008

Short Answer Questions

1. What does KDB stand for?

2. Jamie Dimon told Hank Paulson that JP Morgan had upped its offer from $2 per share to what in Chapter 2?

3. Warren Buffett is the primary shareholder, chairman and CEO of what American multinational conglomerate holding company?

4. Who did John Thain replace in his position as CEO in 2007, as described by the author in Chapter 7?

5. John Thain thought in Chapter 14 as he pulled up to the New York Federal Reserve Building that the last time he’d been there was during the rescue of Long-Term Capital Management in what year?

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