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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where was Dick Fuld born?
(a) Chicago, IL
(b) Dallas, TX
(c) New York, NY
(d) New Orleans, LA
2. On what date does the author describe Dick Fuld holding a copy of the Wall Street Journal with an article on page C1 that was deemed by him “the worst betrayal of my career” in Chapter 6?
(a) February 17, 2007
(b) July 8, 2007
(c) June 4, 2008
(d) January 25, 2008
3. Who was the Chief Financial Officer of Lehman Brothers that presented the earnings report for the first quarter of 2008?
(a) Erin Callan
(b) David Einhorn
(c) Barry Zubrow
(d) Skip McGee
4. Who did Dick Fuld choose as his right-hand-man when he became CEO of a leading global financial services firm?
(a) Joe Gregory
(b) Bob Kelly
(c) David Trone
(d) Edward Liddy
5. Who was the Chairman of the Federal Reserve in 2008?
(a) Michael Bloomberg
(b) Jon Corzine
(c) Jim Bunning
(d) Ben Bernanke
Short Answer Questions
1. AIG began with what name in a small office in Shanghai in 1919?
2. What title did Hank Paulson hold in 2008?
3. Who was the Chief of Staff at Goldman Sachs in Chapter 9?
4. Where was the hedge fund Peloton based?
5. Timothy Geithner was the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during what years?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Andrew Ross Sorkin explain the underlying cause of the sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2008 in the Prologue of Too Big to Fail?
2. How is Timothy Geithner characterized in Chapter 3? What position did he hold at the Federal Reserve?
3. What executive meeting does the author describe in the opening of Chapter 9? Where did the meeting take place?
4. How was Lehman Brothers impacted by the news of Bear Stearns’ collapse, according to the author in Chapter 1? What actions did the company take?
5. What was the secret plan that Hank Paulson developed for how to deal with the situation if Lehman Brothers or several banks should begin to fail in Chapter 4?
6. How was Hank Paulson’s rise to the post of Treasury Secretary described in Chapter 2?
7. Who was let go from Lehman Brothers during an executive committee meeting in Chapter 6?
8. What was Hank Paulson’s first concern regarding the possibility of failure of Lehman Brothers, according to the author in Chapter 4?
9. How does the author describe Bob Steel in Chapter 3? Why was Bob Steel in a tough position?
10. What meeting does the author describe Jamie Dimon attending in the Prologue of Too Big to Fail?
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