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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was described by the author in Chapter 14 as Bank of America’s President of Global Corporate and Investment Banking?
(a) Bob Diamond
(b) John F. Rogers
(c) Brian Moynihan
(d) Eddie Lampert

2. Who was described as the Managing Director of Westwood Capital LLC in Chapter 11?
(a) Dan Alpert
(b) David Goldfarb
(c) Dick Fuld
(d) David Einhorn

3. Where was the hedge fund Peloton based?
(a) New York
(b) Chicago
(c) London
(d) Paris

4. According to the author in Chapter 15, what banking institution was still interested in the broker-dealer part of Lehman, and everyone thought a deal was all but completed until they heard news otherwise?
(a) Chemical Bank
(b) Barclays
(c) American International Group
(d) Greenlight Capital

5. On what date did Lehman Brothers release its earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?
(a) April 1, 2009
(b) March 18, 2008
(c) February 6, 2008
(d) June 22, 2008

Short Answer Questions

1. What does FDIC stand for?

2. Who was described as Hank Paulson’s adversary on the Senate Banking Committee in Chapter 10?

3. Who was described as the head of Bank of New York Mellon in Chapter 17?

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. Who did Dick Fuld ask to put in a word with the Korean bank for Lehman Brothers in Chapter 10?

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