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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets of the Treasury in Chapter 11?
(a) Anthony Ryan
(b) Ron Beller
(c) Bob Steel
(d) Lloyd Blankfein

3. Henry Paulson told the bankers at the meeting at the Treasury building in Chapter 11 that they had three objectives. What were they?
(a) Public opinion, taxpayer protection, and interest rates
(b) Wealth security, public opinion, and legal loopholes
(c) Market stability, mortgage availability, and taxpayer protection
(d) Stock values, interest rates, and new legislation

4. By what name is the regulation that “had been introduced by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1938 to prevent investors from continually shorting a stock that was falling” called?
(a) The uptick rule
(b) The salvation rule
(c) The downdraft rule
(d) The cutback rule

5. Where does the author say Gerald Domini lived in Chapter 5?
(a) Bangor, Maine
(b) Hartford, Connecticut
(c) Boston, Massachusetts
(d) Summit, NJ

Short Answer Questions

1. Hank Paulson and his staff prepared a secret plan for how to deal with the situation in Chapter 4. Their plan proposed that should the banks fail, the Treasury Department would purchase up to how many of the bad assets of the banks in order to stabilize the market?

2. What British heist movie does the author describe Dick Fuld and the Lehman team watching as they returned from Seoul in Chapter 11?

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

4. Dick Fuld expressed his belief that Lehman Brothers was under attack by what in Chapter 4?

5. What headline on the Wall Street Journal was nagging at John Mack in the beginning of Chapter 17?

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