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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. 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?
(a) Atlanta
(b) Vancouver
(c) Beijing
(d) London

2. Bob Steel was described as now being with what banking institution in Chapter 12?
(a) Wells Fargo
(b) Merrill Lynch
(c) Citigroup
(d) Wachovia

3. Who did Jamie Dimon take with him to meet with Ben Bernanke in Chapter 12?
(a) Barry Zubrow
(b) Michael Bloomberg
(c) Martin Sullivan
(d) David Viniar

4. Who was the Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets of the Treasury in Chapter 11?
(a) Lloyd Blankfein
(b) Bob Steel
(c) Anthony Ryan
(d) Ron Beller

5. Mitsubishi is a group of companies based in what country?
(a) China
(b) Cambodia
(c) Japan
(d) South Korea

Short Answer Questions

1. Morgan Stanley had entered into talks with whom from CIC in Chapter 18?

2. Chapter 15 begins with the author’s description of the combined efforts to save Lehman Brothers beginning on what date?

3. Who in Chapter 17 was the President of the European Central Bank that had been furious with the decision to “let Lehman fail”?

4. What does KDB stand for?

5. Henry Paulson and his staff drafted a three-page bill that asked Congress for authority to spend how much money in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. On what date does the author open Chapter 19? What had happened to the stocks of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on this date?

3. What happened with the deal between Lehman Brothers and Barclays in Chapter 15?

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

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

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

7. What did Henry Paulson decide to do when Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued to deteriorate in Chapter 11?

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

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

10. What did JP Morgan plan in order to deal with the Lehman Brothers’ problem in Chapter 12?

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