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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was described as the head of Northern Trust in Chapter 17?
(a) Rick Waddell
(b) Charlie Scharf
(c) Skip McGee
(d) John Thain

3. Bob Steel was described as now being with what banking institution in Chapter 12?
(a) Wells Fargo
(b) Citigroup
(c) Wachovia
(d) Merrill Lynch

4. As part of the plan for dealing with AIG’s problems, Bob Willumstad would be replaced as CEO of AIG by who, according to the author in Chapter 16?
(a) Ed Liddy
(b) Lewis Glucksman
(c) Eliot Spitzer
(d) Robert Scully

5. Who was described as the President of Merrill Lynch in Chapter 13?
(a) Martin Sullivan
(b) Dan Alpert
(c) Edward Liddy
(d) Greg Fleming

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did John Thain replace in his position as CEO in 2007, as described by the author in Chapter 7?

2. Timothy Geithner worked for the Treasury Department and what organization prior to his appointment as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?

3. Who did Scott Friedheim believe to be responsible for the leak to the Wall Street Journal in Chapter 6?

4. Who was the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets of the Treasury in Chapter 11?

5. John Thain is described in Chapter 7 as having worked for Henry Paulson at Goldman Sachs and then as CEO of what company?

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