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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jim Cramer was a popular television celebrity with an influential financial program on what network, according to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) CNN
(b) CNBC
(c) ABC
(d) FOX

2. Jamie Dimon told Hank Paulson that JP Morgan had upped its offer from $2 per share to what in Chapter 2?
(a) $9 per share
(b) $10 per share
(c) $16 per share
(d) $4 per share

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

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

5. Who was the head of communications at Lehman Brothers in Chapter 6?
(a) Andrew Gowers
(b) Jeremiah Norton
(c) Michael Cavanaugh
(d) Tony Ryan

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Dick Fuld born?

2. On what date did Lehman Brothers release its earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?

3. What were the quarterly losses that were announced at Lehman Brothers on June 9, 2008?

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

5. What reporter wrote the story about Lehman that he described in Chapter 6 as “the worst betrayal of my career”?

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