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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the new CFO of JP Morgan in Chapter 12?
(a) Erin Callan
(b) Cornelius Vander Starr
(c) Michael Cavanaugh
(d) Sandy Weill

2. In what year does the author state Long-Term Capital Management blew up in Chapter 5?
(a) 1999
(b) 1996
(c) 1998
(d) 1995

3. Where did Hank Paulson earn his B.A. in English?
(a) Dartmouth College
(b) Yale University
(c) Stanford University
(d) Harvard University

4. Who was Dick Fuld’s Chief Strategy Officer in Chapter 6?
(a) David Goldfarb
(b) Jim Cramer
(c) John F. Rogers
(d) Lloyd Blankfein

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what country had Dick Fuld been working for a month to secure capital for Lehman in Chapter 6?

2. John Thain is described in Chapter 7 as having worked for Henry Paulson at Goldman Sachs and then as CEO of what company?

3. In 2008, AIG had grown into one of the world’s largest financial companies, with a market value of just under how much?

4. Timothy Geithner worked for the Treasury Department and what organization prior to his appointment as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?

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

(see the answer key)

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