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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was described as the head of Bank of New York Mellon in Chapter 17?
(a) David Einhorn
(b) Bob Kelly
(c) Joe Gregory
(d) Gerald Donini

2. As part of the plan for dealing with AIG’s problems, Bob Willumstad would be replaced as CEO of AIG by who, according to the author in Chapter 16?
(a) Eliot Spitzer
(b) Robert Scully
(c) Ed Liddy
(d) Lewis Glucksman

3. The hedge fund Peloton had been started by what former Goldman executive, according to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) Frank Zarb
(b) Ron Beller
(c) David Goldfarb
(d) Bob Steel

4. What British heist movie does the author describe Dick Fuld and the Lehman team watching as they returned from Seoul in Chapter 11?
(a) The Bank Job
(b) Snatch
(c) Dog Day Afternoon
(d) Rififi

5. Bart McDade and Skip McGee from Lehman Brothers met with whom from KDB to hammer out a deal in Chapter 11?
(a) Jun Kwang-woo
(b) Min Euoo Song
(c) Vikram Pandit
(d) Gao Xiqing

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry Paulson told the bankers at the meeting at the Treasury building in Chapter 11 that they had three objectives. What were they?

2. Who complained to Henry Paulson that short sellers were spreading false rumors to drive the panic after the government’s intervention with AIG in Chapter 17?

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?

4. When did Bob Willumstad accept the position of CEO of AIG?

5. 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?

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