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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Thain went to Michael Bloomberg and proposed that Bloomberg buy back what percent of his company from the bank in Chapter 7?
(a) 20%
(b) 35%
(c) 10%
(d) 50%

2. 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?
(a) Berkshire Hathaway
(b) Merrill Lynch
(c) JP Morgan
(d) Lehman Brothers

3. Where was Hank Paulson born?
(a) Palm Beach, FL
(b) Des Moines, IA
(c) Billings, MT
(d) Knoxville, TN

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?
(a) Bob Diamond
(b) Dan Alpert
(c) David Viniar
(d) Vikram Pandit

5. What was the largest and most prestigious investment bank in the nation that Jamie Dimon advised his staff could possibly file bankruptcy in the Prologue?
(a) Wells Fargo
(b) Goldman Sachs
(c) Barclays
(d) Wachovia

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, Henry Paulson called and informed Dick Fuld that Bear Stearns collapsed and that the U.S. Treasury had taken the step of backing how much in Bear Stearns assets to restore confidence in the market?

2. Where did Dick Fuld receive his B.A. and B.S. in 1969?

3. How old was David Einhorn described as being when he prepared for a speech at the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference in Chapter 5?

4. Jamie Dimon was the Chief Executive Officer of what banking and financial services holding company in 2008?

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

(see the answer key)

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