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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Scott Friedheim described by the author in Chapter 6?
(a) 42
(b) 53
(c) 29
(d) 36

3. How old was David Einhorn described as being when he prepared for a speech at the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference in Chapter 5?
(a) 51
(b) 42
(c) 39
(d) 33

4. 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) $500 billion
(b) $300 billion
(c) $200 billion
(d) $100 billion

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Dick Fuld choose as his right-hand-man when he became CEO of a leading global financial services firm?

2. Timothy Geithner was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during what years?

3. Who is described as Lehman Brothers’ spokesperson in Chapter 6?

4. Where was the hedge fund Peloton based?

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

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