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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reporter wrote the story about Lehman that he described in Chapter 6 as “the worst betrayal of my career”?
(a) Susanne Craig
(b) Gerald Donini
(c) David Einhorn
(d) Colm Kelleher

2. Where did Hank Paulson earn his B.A. in English?
(a) Yale University
(b) Stanford University
(c) Dartmouth College
(d) Harvard University

3. Who was the new CFO of JP Morgan in Chapter 12?
(a) Michael Cavanaugh
(b) Erin Callan
(c) Cornelius Vander Starr
(d) Sandy Weill

4. On what date does the author describe Bart McDade and Alex Kirk arriving in Dick Fuld’s office in the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) September 10, 2008
(b) July 28, 2008
(c) November 14, 2008
(d) March 5, 2009

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2008, AIG had grown into one of the world’s largest financial companies, with more than how much worth of assets on its books?

2. What was the Chairman of the Board of AIG’s outside law firm in Chapter 8?

3. What title did Hank Paulson hold in 2008?

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

5. When did FAS 157 become effective?

(see the answer key)

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