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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) 51
(b) 39
(c) 33
(d) 42

2. When did Bob Willumstad accept the position of CEO of AIG?
(a) March, 2007
(b) August, 2006
(c) November, 2005
(d) June, 2008

3. Freddie Mac had a reported loss of how much in the morning when Henry Paulson met with the top bankers at the Treasury building in Chapter 11?
(a) $461 million
(b) $697 million
(c) $558 million
(d) $821 million

4. With whom did Dick Fuld meet along with the board of Morgan Stanley in order to find a lifeline for Lehman Brothers in Chapter 10?
(a) John Mack
(b) Rick Waddell
(c) Jim Cracchiolo
(d) Colm Kelleher

5. According to the author in Chapter 5, Jim Cramer, a media star, was solidly Harvard and counted as one of his best friends which individual called “the bane of Wall Street”?
(a) Kevin Warsh
(b) Eliot Spitzer
(c) Jim Cracchiolo
(d) Ron Beller

Short Answer Questions

1. Bob Steel called which old friend at Barclays Bank in London to ask if Barclays might be interested in purchasing Lehman in Chapter 4?

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

3. Who was described as the Managing Director of Westwood Capital LLC in Chapter 11?

4. Who did Dick Fuld contact at the Federal Reserve about Lehman Brothers possibly becoming a bank company in Chapter 10?

5. 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?

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