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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 18 opens with the author’s description of what date?
(a) October 3, 2008
(b) September 19, 2008
(c) August 24, 2008
(d) September 3, 2008

2. According to the author in Chapter 12, “Internally, JP Morgan’s operating committee trips to Washington were jokingly referred to as” what?
(a) OC/BC
(b) MC/OC
(c) AC/OC
(d) OC/DC

3. What reporter wrote the story about Lehman that he described in Chapter 6 as “the worst betrayal of my career”?
(a) David Einhorn
(b) Susanne Craig
(c) Gerald Donini
(d) Colm Kelleher

4. Chapter 19 opens with the author’s description of what date?
(a) October 11, 2008
(b) October 2, 2008
(c) September 22, 2008
(d) August 29, 2008

5. Who was the new CFO of JP Morgan in Chapter 12?
(a) Cornelius Vander Starr
(b) Erin Callan
(c) Sandy Weill
(d) Michael Cavanaugh

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the quarterly losses that were announced at Lehman Brothers on June 9, 2008?

3. What word from Chapter 5 derives from German and describes an all-motorized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power?

4. Who did Bob Willumstad refer to as the former Chairman at AIG that thought Willumstad’s position was all or nothing in Chapter 8?

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?

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