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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, Bob Steel knew he would face scrutiny from which U.S. senator who opposed government intervention in the markets?
(a) Senator Daniel Akaka
(b) Senator Jay Rockefeller
(c) Senator Jim Bunning
(d) Senator Lisa Murkowski

2. Where does the author say Gerald Domini lived in Chapter 5?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts
(b) Summit, NJ
(c) Bangor, Maine
(d) Hartford, Connecticut

3. After leaving Citigroup, Bob Willumstad went on to start what private-equity fund?
(a) Westwood Capital LLC
(b) Brysam Global Partners
(c) Lehman Brothers
(d) Wells Fargo

4. The government leaders who held the meeting with nine CEOs of the largest financial institutions in the country intended to invest how much money directly into financial institutions as part of the TARP program in Chapter 20?
(a) $900 billion
(b) $450 billion
(c) $600 billion
(d) $250 billion

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the new CFO of JP Morgan in Chapter 12?

2. What word in finance refers to the act of making loans to people who may have difficulty maintaining the repayment schedule?

3. On what date did Lehman Brothers release its earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?

4. According to the author in Chapter 14, beneath the New York Federal Reserve Building lies a three-level vault that holds more than how much money’s worth of gold?

5. Under whose guidance did Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley receive status as bank holding companies in Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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