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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Hank Paulson succeed as Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs?
(a) Jon Corzine
(b) David Einhorn
(c) Jamie Dimon
(d) Gerald Donini

2. Who was the Chief Financial Officer of Lehman Brothers that presented the earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?
(a) David Einhorn
(b) Erin Callan
(c) Barry Zubrow
(d) Skip McGee

3. Hank Paulson and his staff prepared a secret plan for how to deal with the situation in Chapter 4. Their plan proposed that should the banks fail, the Treasury Department would purchase up to how many of the bad assets of the banks in order to stabilize the market?
(a) $300 billion
(b) $500 billion
(c) $100 billion
(d) $200 billion

4. 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) Vikram Pandit
(b) Dan Alpert
(c) Bob Diamond
(d) David Viniar

5. Timothy Geithner was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during what years?
(a) 2003-2009
(b) 2002-2005
(c) 1999-2002
(d) 2001-2010

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 derives from German and describes an all-motorized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power?

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, Jim Cramer, a media star, was solidly Harvard and counted as one of his best friends which individual called “the bane of Wall Street”?

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

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

5. Where did Dick Fuld receive his B.A. and B.S. in 1969?

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