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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. John Mack at Morgan Stanley knew that his company had to find an investment partner to stay alive in Chapter 18. They had been looking at the books of what banking institution but were not enthusiastic about what they found?
(a) Northern Trust
(b) Wachovia
(c) Citigroup
(d) Bank of America

2. What does CIC stand for?
(a) Chinese Infrastructure Coalition
(b) Capitol Intelligence Company
(c) Cash Inflow Coalition
(d) China Investment Corporation

3. Lloyd Blankfein was waiting to make a speech at what annual conference in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) The Underbanked Financial Services Symposium
(b) The Financial Services Marketing Symposium
(c) The Mobile Banking and Commerce Summit
(d) The Service Nation Summit

4. What does KDB stand for?
(a) Kellogg Dynasty Bank
(b) Kenneth Davis Bank
(c) Krakow Derivatives Bank
(d) Korea Development Bank

5. Who was described in Chapter 17 as “a thirty-eight-year-old governor at the Federal Reserve, whose office was a few doors down from Bernanke’s”?
(a) Kevin Warsh
(b) Rick Waddell
(c) Brian Moynihan
(d) Jeb Mason

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was described as Hank Paulson’s adversary on the Senate Banking Committee in Chapter 10?

2. Freddie Mac had a reported loss of how much in the morning when Henry Paulson met with the top bankers at the Treasury building in Chapter 11?

3. What does FDIC stand for?

4. Who is described in Chapter 12 as the Chairman of the Financial Services Commission in Korea?

5. Senator Jim Bunning, who had sparred with Paulson over the summer, had gone so far as to call Hank Paulson what, according to the author in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Dick Fuld’s last resort option that he discussed with Henry Paulson in Chapter 10?

2. With whom were Lehman Brothers in negotiations with in Chapter 11? Who led the negotiations?

3. What did Dick Fuld learn about the outcome of the governmental/CEO meeting in Chapter 15?

4. What was the outcome after the bailout of AIG, according to the author in Chapter 17?

5. What was the purpose of the meeting between the government officials and top CEOs in Chapter 14?

6. How did Timothy Geithner break the CEOs into groups in Chapter 14? What was their assignment?

7. What was the purpose of the meeting that Tim Geithner called in Chapter 16? Who was called to this meeting?

8. How did John Mack respond to the announcement by Henry Paulson in Chapter 18?

9. What negotiations took place in the scramble to save Lehman Brothers in Chapter 12?

10. What was discussed in the meeting between Dick Fuld and Timothy Geithner in Chapter 10?

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