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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Bank of Berlin
(b) The World Bank
(c) The International Monetary Fund
(d) The Bank of Rome

2. AIG began with what name in a small office in Shanghai in 1919?
(a) Pacific Ring Investments
(b) Asian-American Investment Partnership
(c) American Asiatic Underwriters
(d) Asian Underwriters Union

3. On what date did Lloyd Blankfein arrive in the city where the Goldman Sachs board meeting was to take place in Chapter 9?
(a) June 27, 2008
(b) November 16, 2008
(c) March 4, 2007
(d) October 21, 2007

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, Henry Paulson called and informed Dick Fuld that Bear Stearns collapsed and would be bought by what investment company?
(a) JP Morgan
(b) Citigroup
(c) Goldman Sachs
(d) Merrill Lynch

5. Who was Bob Willumstad’s partner in starting a private-equity fund after he left Citigroup?
(a) Sandy Weill
(b) Marge Magner
(c) Gerald Donini
(d) Scott Friedheim

Short Answer Questions

1. Bob Willumstad was a third-generation son of immigrants from where?

2. Dick Fuld expressed his belief that Lehman Brothers was under attack by what in Chapter 4?

3. In what year does the author state Long-Term Capital Management blew up in Chapter 5?

4. In 2008, AIG had grown into one of the world’s largest financial companies, with a market value of just under how much?

5. Who was Dick Fuld’s Chief Strategy Officer in Chapter 6?

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