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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bob Steel called which old friend at Barclays Bank in London to ask if Barclays might be interested in purchasing Lehman in Chapter 4?
(a) Dan Alpert
(b) Bob Diamond
(c) David Viniar
(d) Vikram Pandit

3. Who in Chapter 17 was the President of the European Central Bank that had been furious with the decision to “let Lehman fail”?
(a) Jim Bunning
(b) Anthony Ryan
(c) Jean-Claude Trichet
(d) Cornelius Vander Starr

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

5. 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) Vancouver
(b) London
(c) Beijing
(d) Atlanta

Short Answer Questions

1. What headline on the Wall Street Journal was nagging at John Mack in the beginning of Chapter 17?

2. AIG was scheduled to report what losses in its second quarter in Chapter 11?

3. Who was described as the head of Northern Trust in Chapter 17?

4. The hedge fund Peloton had been started by what former Goldman executive, according to the author in Chapter 5?

5. Where does the author say Gerald Domini lived in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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