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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, who called JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs to come meet with the other Wall Street leaders to look at a solution for the AIG problem?
(a) David Goldfarb
(b) David Einhorn
(c) Jim Cramer
(d) Timothy Geithner

2. With what country had Dick Fuld been working for a month to secure capital for Lehman in Chapter 6?
(a) China
(b) South Korea
(c) Vietnam
(d) Japan

3. By what nickname is Warren Buffett known in the financial world?
(a) The Money Machine
(b) The Wealth Extractor
(c) The Wizard of Omaha
(d) Rich Uncle Pennybags

4. When was Warren Buffett born?
(a) 1918
(b) 1925
(c) 1941
(d) 1930

5. According to the author in Chapter 12, “Internally, JP Morgan’s operating committee trips to Washington were jokingly referred to as” what?
(a) OC/BC
(b) OC/DC
(c) AC/OC
(d) MC/OC

Short Answer Questions

1. Larry Fink was described in Chapter12 as being from what financial institution?

2. What word in finance refers to the act of making loans to people who may have difficulty maintaining the repayment schedule?

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

4. Senator Jim Bunning, who had sparred with Paulson over the summer, had gone so far as to call Hank Paulson what, according to the author in Chapter 12?

5. Timothy Geithner worked for the Treasury Department and what organization prior to his appointment as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?

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