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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. 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) David Faber
(b) Skip McGee
(c) Frank Zarb
(d) John Thain

2. Dick Fuld and who called Warren Buffett to ask him to consider investing in Lehman Brothers, according to the author in Chapter 2?
(a) Bob Diamond
(b) Kerrie Cohen
(c) Cornelius Vander Starr
(d) Erin Callan

3. Chapter 20 describes the meeting of the nine CEOs of the largest financial institutions in the country with Henry Paulson, Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke and Sheila Bair on what date?
(a) October 13, 2008
(b) October 28, 2008
(c) October 5, 2008
(d) October 20, 2008

4. 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?
(a) SpitCo
(b) SewageCo
(c) SwampCo
(d) ShitCo

5. Bob Willumstad had been asked by the board of AIG to replace whom as CEO in Chapter 8?
(a) Martin Sullivan
(b) David Einhorn
(c) Eddie Lampert
(d) Tony Ryan

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 derives from German and describes an all-motorized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power?

2. John Thain was described as the CEO of which investment banking and wealth management firm in Chapter 7?

3. How old was David Einhorn described as being when he prepared for a speech at the Ira W. Sohn Investment Research Conference in Chapter 5?

4. As the top bankers made their way home after the weekend of trying to solve the Lehman Brothers problem, they were called back to the Treasury for another emergency meeting involving what institution?

5. Henry Paulson cut his meeting short with the bankers in Chapter 11 because he was going with his family to attend the Olympic Games where?

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