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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. Who was described by the author in Chapter 14 as Bank of America’s President of Global Corporate and Investment Banking?
(a) John F. Rogers
(b) Brian Moynihan
(c) Bob Diamond
(d) Eddie Lampert

2. What analyze at Fox-Pitt Kelton is quoted in the New York Times in Chapter 13 as saying, “Some may worry that Treasury has taken on so much taxpayer burden they don’t have any remaining capacity to take on the burdens of Lehman”?
(a) Robert Scully
(b) Andrew Gowers
(c) David Trone
(d) Jeremiah Norton

3. Who is described in Chapter 12 as the Chairman of the Financial Services Commission in Korea?
(a) Gao Xiqing
(b) Min Euoo Song
(c) Jun Kwang-woo
(d) Vikram Pandit

4. What British heist movie does the author describe Dick Fuld and the Lehman team watching as they returned from Seoul in Chapter 11?
(a) The Bank Job
(b) Snatch
(c) Rififi
(d) Dog Day Afternoon

5. Who did Dick Fuld ask to put in a word with the Korean bank for Lehman Brothers in Chapter 10?
(a) Jim Wilkinson
(b) Greg Fleming
(c) David Faber
(d) Hank Paulson

Short Answer Questions

1. Lloyd Blankfein was waiting to make a speech at what annual conference in the beginning of Chapter 14?

2. Who is described in Chapter 11 as the Co-President at Morgan Stanley and the man who had worked on the government’s bailout of Chrysler nearly three decades earlier?

3. What giant money market fund had “broken the buck a day earlier” in Chapter 17?

4. Who was described as the President of Merrill Lynch in Chapter 13?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Greg Fleming respond when he heard that Bank of America was considering buying Lehman Brothers in Chapter 13?

2. What did Henry Paulson respond when solicited for help from Bob Diamond and Ken Lewis in Chapter 13?

3. What events does the author describe taking place on September 10, 2008, in the opening of Chapter 13?

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

5. How was the meeting between Dick Fuld and John Mack described in Chapter 10?

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

7. What led to the cease of negotiations between Lehman and its potential investor in Chapter 11?

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

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

10. How much capital was AIG able to raise in Chapter 14? How much were they short?

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