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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 did John Thain replace in his position as CEO in 2007, as described by the author in Chapter 7?
(a) David Viniar
(b) Jim Cramer
(c) Stan O’Neal
(d) Bob Willumstad

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

3. Who nominated Hank Paulson to his post in the federal cabinet?
(a) Dick Cheney
(b) Barack Obama
(c) Bill Clinton
(d) George W. Bush

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the meeting of the top bankers at the New York Federal Reserve Building in Chapter 14, the bankers quickly renamed the company called SpinCo as what?

2. What critic for Architecture Magazine, wrote of the New York Federal Reserve Building in 1927 that the three-year-old building had “a quality which, for lack of a better word, I can best describe as epic”?

3. After much analysis, it was determined that after putting up all of its available assets for a short term loan, AIG would still be short by how much in Chapter 16?

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

5. Who was Bob Willumstad’s partner in starting a private-equity fund after he left Citigroup?

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