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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Jamie Dimon take with him to meet with Ben Bernanke in Chapter 12?
(a) Barry Zubrow
(b) Martin Sullivan
(c) David Viniar
(d) Michael Bloomberg

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

3. Who was described as the President of Merrill Lynch in Chapter 13?
(a) Edward Liddy
(b) Greg Fleming
(c) Martin Sullivan
(d) Dan Alpert

4. Jim Cracchiolo was described as the head of what institution in Chapter 17?
(a) Ameriprise
(b) Morgan Stanley
(c) Brysam Global Partners
(d) Greenlight Capital

5. What does FDIC stand for?
(a) Financial Deposit Insurance Company
(b) Federal Denomination Investment Clause
(c) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(d) Fiscal Depreciation Investment Corporation

Short Answer Questions

1. Regarding the problems at AIG, the plan that was finally put in place was for the government to take over 80% of AIG in exchange for a loan of how much?

2. Who is described in Chapter 12 as “a former Republican representative from New York, whom Dimon had hired as executive vice president of global government relations and public policy”?

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

4. Who in Chapter 17 was the President of the European Central Bank that had been furious with the decision to “let Lehman fail”?

5. What does KDB stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the deal between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch influence John Mack’s actions in Chapter 15?

2. What happened with the deal between Lehman Brothers and Barclays in Chapter 15?

3. What plan was announced by Henry Paulson and drafted into a bill in Chapter 18?

4. How much capital was AIG able to raise in Chapter 14? How much were they short?

5. What did JP Morgan plan in order to deal with the Lehman Brothers’ problem in Chapter 12?

6. With whom were Lehman Brothers in negotiations with in Chapter 11? Who led the negotiations?

7. What was discussed in the meeting between Dick Fuld and Timothy Geithner in Chapter 10?

8. What was the purpose of the meeting between the government officials and top CEOs in Chapter 14?

9. How did Timothy Geithner break the CEOs into groups in Chapter 14? What was their assignment?

10. What plan was developed in order to address the problem of AIG in Chapter 16?

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