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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) Bangor, Maine
(b) Hartford, Connecticut
(c) Summit, NJ
(d) Boston, Massachusetts

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?
(a) Assassination
(b) Kamikaze
(c) Blitzkrieg
(d) Shock-and-awe

3. Jim Cramer was a popular television celebrity with an influential financial program on what network, according to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) CNN
(b) ABC
(c) FOX
(d) CNBC

4. Who was described as the Managing Director of Westwood Capital LLC in Chapter 11?
(a) David Einhorn
(b) Dan Alpert
(c) David Goldfarb
(d) Dick Fuld

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. As part of the plan for dealing with AIG’s problems, Bob Willumstad would be replaced as CEO of AIG by who, according to the author in Chapter 16?

3. Where was the hedge fund Peloton based?

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. Who did Dick Fuld ask to put in a word with the Korean bank for Lehman Brothers in Chapter 10?

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