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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gerald Donini asserts when speaking with Jim Cramer in Chapter 5 that he felt the real problem in the marketplace wasn’t short-selling, but what?
(a) Naked-shorting
(b) Derivatives
(c) Stocks
(d) Subprime lending

2. AIG was scheduled to report what losses in its second quarter in Chapter 11?
(a) $4.2 billion
(b) $1.6 billion
(c) $5.3 billion
(d) $2.8 billion

3. Who was described as the Managing Director of Westwood Capital LLC in Chapter 11?
(a) Dan Alpert
(b) David Einhorn
(c) Dick Fuld
(d) David Goldfarb

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

5. Who was described as Hank Paulson’s adversary on the Senate Banking Committee in Chapter 10?
(a) David Faber
(b) Jim Bunning
(c) David Goldfarb
(d) Jim Wilkinson

Short Answer Questions

1. What giant money market fund had “broken the buck a day earlier” in Chapter 17?

2. The hedge fund Peloton had been started by what former Goldman executive, according to the author in Chapter 5?

3. 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?

4. What word from Chapter 5 derives from German and describes an all-motorized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power?

5. Who was described as the head of Northern Trust in Chapter 17?

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