View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After leaving Citigroup, Bob Willumstad went on to start what private-equity fund?
(a) Lehman Brothers
(b) Wells Fargo
(c) Brysam Global Partners
(d) Westwood Capital LLC

2. Regarding the problems at AIG, the plan that was finally put in place was for the government to take over 80% of AIG in exchange for a loan of how much?
(a) $60 billion
(b) $25 billion
(c) $150 billion
(d) $85 billion

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) Cornelius Vander Starr
(b) Jean-Claude Trichet
(c) Jim Bunning
(d) Anthony Ryan

4. What banker from Citigroup asked during the meeting of the top bankers at the New York Federal Reserve Building in Chapter 14, “I assume we are going to talk about AIG?”
(a) Larry Fink
(b) Charlie Scharf
(c) Greg Fleming
(d) Vikram Pandit

5. Lloyd Blankfein was waiting to make a speech in Chapter 14 that discussed Goldman Sachs’ nonprofit program that fostered business and management education for whom?
(a) Women
(b) The elderly
(c) Children
(d) Minorities

Short Answer Questions

1. With what country had Dick Fuld been working for a month to secure capital for Lehman in Chapter 6?

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, Geithner kept Jamie Dimon from abandoning the negotiations with Bear Stearns by working out a deal where the Federal Reserve lent money to Bear Stearns through JP Morgan, guaranteeing Morgan against how much in losses?

4. Jim Cracchiolo was described as the head of what institution in Chapter 17?

5. AIG began with what name in a small office in Shanghai in 1919?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 292 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample