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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Dick Fuld ask to put in a word with the Korean bank for Lehman Brothers in Chapter 10?
(a) Greg Fleming
(b) David Faber
(c) Hank Paulson
(d) Jim Wilkinson

2. 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?
(a) $60 billion
(b) $150 billion
(c) $85 billion
(d) $25 billion

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

4. Where was the hedge fund Peloton based?
(a) Paris
(b) London
(c) Chicago
(d) New York

5. Who in Chapter 17 was the President of the European Central Bank that had been furious with the decision to “let Lehman fail”?
(a) Jim Bunning
(b) Anthony Ryan
(c) Cornelius Vander Starr
(d) Jean-Claude Trichet

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim Cracchiolo was described as the head of what institution in Chapter 17?

2. The hedge fund Peloton had been started by what former Goldman executive, according to the author in Chapter 5?

3. What was the name of Lehman Brothers’ bomb-sniffing Labrador described in Chapter 5?

4. AIG was scheduled to report what losses in its second quarter in Chapter 11?

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

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