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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, Henry Paulson called and informed Dick Fuld that Bear Stearns collapsed and that the U.S. Treasury had taken the step of backing how much in Bear Stearns assets to restore confidence in the market?
(a) $2 billion
(b) $15 billion
(c) $30 billion
(d) $8 billion

2. Timothy Geithner worked for the Treasury Department and what organization prior to his appointment as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?
(a) The World Bank
(b) The Bank of Berlin
(c) The International Monetary Fund
(d) The Bank of Rome

3. Dick Fuld had been pressing what old friend and former Chairman of AIG to put money into Lehman Brothers in Chapter 6?
(a) Charlie Scharf
(b) Brian Moynihan
(c) Hank Greenberg
(d) Frank Zarb

4. David Einhorn was the founder and president of what hedge fund?
(a) Greenlight Capital
(b) Citigroup
(c) Brysam Global Partners
(d) Westwood Capital LLC

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?
(a) David Viniar
(b) Dan Alpert
(c) Bob Diamond
(d) Vikram Pandit

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a security interest in real property held by a lender as a security for a debt?

2. Where did Hank Paulson earn his B.A. in English?

3. According to the author in Chapter 5, David Einhorn was a hedge manager controlling over how much money in assets?

4. Jamie Dimon told Hank Paulson that JP Morgan had upped its offer from $2 per share to what in Chapter 2?

5. On what morning does the author describe Jamie Dimon awakening after an emergency meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York with a dozen of his rival Wall Street CEOs in the beginning of the Prologue?

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