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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Dick Fuld choose as his right-hand-man when he became CEO of a leading global financial services firm?
(a) Joe Gregory
(b) Edward Liddy
(c) David Trone
(d) Bob Kelly

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, Dick Fuld “said that he had become convinced that two of the nation’s most powerful financiers were largely responsible for both the short raid and rumor mongering.” Who were these financiers?
(a) Lloyd Blankfein and Andrew Gowers
(b) Dan Alpert and Bart McDade
(c) Steven A. Cohen and Kenneth C. Griffin
(d) David Goldfarb and Scott Friedheim

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

4. When was Warren Buffett born?
(a) 1930
(b) 1918
(c) 1925
(d) 1941

5. Dick Fuld expressed his belief that Lehman Brothers was under attack by what in Chapter 4?
(a) Short-sellers
(b) Mortgages
(c) Subprime lenders
(d) Derivatives

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Bob Willumstad’s partner in starting a private-equity fund after he left Citigroup?

2. Hank Paulson and his staff prepared a secret plan for how to deal with the situation should Lehman or another large firm go bankrupt, or if several banks should begin to fail at once. Who did they present their plan to in a meeting described by Sorkin in Chapter 4?

3. Lloyd Blankfein was waiting to make a speech in Chapter 14 that discussed Goldman Sachs’ nonprofit program that fostered business and management education for whom?

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

5. David Einhorn was the founder and president of what hedge fund?

(see the answer key)

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