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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The hedge fund Peloton had been started by what former Goldman executive, according to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) Frank Zarb
(b) Bob Steel
(c) Ron Beller
(d) David Goldfarb

3. Hank Paulson and his staff prepared a secret plan for how to deal with the situation should Lehman or another large firm go bankrupt, or if several banks should begin to fail at once. Who did they present their plan to in a meeting described by Sorkin in Chapter 4?
(a) Michael Bloomberg
(b) Jim Cramer
(c) Ben Bernanke
(d) Daniel A. Simkowitz

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is described in Chapter 11 as the Vice Chairman of Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley?

3. 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?

4. What is the common name for the Federal National Mortgage Association?

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

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