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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, Geithner kept Jamie Dimon from abandoning the negotiations with Bear Stearns by working out a deal where the Federal Reserve lent money to Bear Stearns through JP Morgan, guaranteeing Morgan against how much in losses?
(a) $29 billion
(b) $18 billion
(c) $14 billion
(d) $5 billion

2. What was the name of Lehman Brothers’ bomb-sniffing Labrador described in Chapter 5?
(a) Sassy
(b) Ducky
(c) Bella
(d) Tenaya

3. David Einhorn was the founder and president of what hedge fund?
(a) Brysam Global Partners
(b) Citigroup
(c) Greenlight Capital
(d) Westwood Capital LLC

4. Who did Dick Fuld choose as his right-hand-man when he became CEO of a leading global financial services firm?
(a) David Trone
(b) Edward Liddy
(c) Bob Kelly
(d) Joe Gregory

5. 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 Lisa Murkowski
(b) Senator Daniel Akaka
(c) Senator Jim Bunning
(d) Senator Jay Rockefeller

6. Timothy Geithner worked for the Treasury Department and what organization prior to his appointment as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?
(a) The Bank of Berlin
(b) The International Monetary Fund
(c) The World Bank
(d) The Bank of Rome

7. How old was Scott Friedheim described by the author in Chapter 6?
(a) 53
(b) 42
(c) 29
(d) 36

8. The assignment of Jamie Dimon and a dozen of his rival CEOs at the emergency meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was to come up with a plan to save what company, according to the author in the Prologue?
(a) Berkshire Hathaway
(b) Lehman Brothers
(c) Merrill Lynch
(d) JP Morgan

9. Who did Hank Paulson succeed as Chief Executive of Goldman Sachs?
(a) Jon Corzine
(b) Jamie Dimon
(c) Gerald Donini
(d) David Einhorn

10. In 2008, AIG had grown into one of the world’s largest financial companies, with a market value of just under how much?
(a) $80 billion
(b) $35 billon
(c) $50 billion
(d) $125 billion

11. The hedge fund Peloton had been started by what former Goldman executive, according to the author in Chapter 5?
(a) David Goldfarb
(b) Frank Zarb
(c) Ron Beller
(d) Bob Steel

12. Who did Scott Friedheim believe to be responsible for the leak to the Wall Street Journal in Chapter 6?
(a) Margaret Law
(b) Erin Callan
(c) Kerrie Cohen
(d) Sheila Bair

13. What does AIG stand for?
(a) Apex Investments Guild
(b) Anonymous Investors Group
(c) American International Group
(d) American Investors Guild

14. In what year does the author state Long-Term Capital Management blew up in Chapter 5?
(a) 1995
(b) 1998
(c) 1999
(d) 1996

15. Dick Fuld was the CEO of what global financial services firm in March, 2008?
(a) Wells Fargo
(b) Greenlight Capital
(c) Lehman Brothers
(d) JP Morgan

Short Answer Questions

1. In the mid-1980s, Bob Willumstad was rising through the executive ranks of what financial corporation?

2. Where was Dick Fuld born?

3. On what morning does the author describe Jamie Dimon awakening after an emergency meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York with a dozen of his rival Wall Street CEOs in the beginning of the Prologue?

4. Who was Dick Fuld’s mentor at the global financial services firm where he began working and later led the company for much of his career?

5. According to the author in Chapter 5, David Einhorn was a hedge manager controlling over how much money in assets?

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