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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What giant money market fund had “broken the buck a day earlier” in Chapter 17?
(a) Reserve Primary Fund
(b) Westwood Capital LLC
(c) The International Monetary Fund
(d) China Investment Corporation

2. Who did Bob Willumstad refer to as the former Chairman at AIG that thought Willumstad’s position was all or nothing in Chapter 8?
(a) Skip McGee
(b) David Faber
(c) Frank Zarb
(d) John Thain

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

4. Who is described in Chapter 11 as the Vice Chairman of Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley?
(a) Daniel A. Simkowitz
(b) Lewis Glucksman
(c) Eliot Spitzer
(d) Hank Greenberg

5. Who was the Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley in Chapter 14?
(a) John Mack
(b) Colm Kelleher
(c) Anthony Ryan
(d) Vikram Pandit

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the Chairman of the Board of AIG’s outside law firm in Chapter 8?

4. Who was described by the author in Chapter 14 as Bank of America’s President of Global Corporate and Investment Banking?

5. Bob Willumstad had been asked by the board of AIG to replace whom as CEO in Chapter 8?

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