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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, David Einhorn was a hedge manager controlling over how much money in assets?
(a) $10 billion
(b) $12 billion
(c) $3 billion
(d) $6 billion

3. 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?
(a) September 13, 2008
(b) June 2, 2009
(c) April 19, 2007
(d) January 5, 2010

4. Jamie Dimon told Hank Paulson that JP Morgan had upped its offer from $2 per share to what in Chapter 2?
(a) $4 per share
(b) $9 per share
(c) $10 per share
(d) $16 per share

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Hank Paulson succeed as Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs?

2. 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?

3. When did FAS 157 become effective?

4. Dick Fuld was the CEO of what global financial services firm in March, 2008?

5. What was the largest and most prestigious investment bank in the nation that Jamie Dimon advised his staff could possibly file bankruptcy in the Prologue?

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