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

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?
(a) Timothy Geithner
(b) Daniel A. Simkowitz
(c) Robert Scully
(d) Martin Sullivan

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

4. Who was the Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley in Chapter 14?
(a) Colm Kelleher
(b) Anthony Ryan
(c) John Mack
(d) Vikram Pandit

5. Who was described as the head of Bank of New York Mellon in Chapter 17?
(a) Bob Kelly
(b) David Einhorn
(c) Joe Gregory
(d) Gerald Donini

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bob Steel was described as now being with what banking institution in Chapter 12?

3. What does FDIC stand for?

4. Mitsubishi is a group of companies based in what country?

5. Who was described as the head of the FDIC in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson present to Congress as their solution to the banking problems in Chapter 17?

5. With whom were Lehman Brothers in negotiations with in Chapter 11? Who led the negotiations?

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

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

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

9. What plan was developed in order to address the problem of AIG in Chapter 16?

10. What plan was announced by Henry Paulson and drafted into a bill in Chapter 18?

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