Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Michael Lewis (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How Can We Make You Happier?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which subway line drops off hoards of people to their Wall Street jobs?
(a) Lexington Avenue.
(b) Belmont.
(c) Bedford Park.
(d) Morris Heights.

2. Lewis observes that the cruelty that traders bestow on everyone in their wake is _____.
(a) Ceremonial.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Personal.
(d) Permanent.

3. What sort of important dinner is the author invited to attend?
(a) A head-hunting dinner.
(b) A company dinner for Salomon Brothers.
(c) A celebrity dinner.
(d) A fund raiser.

4. What type of communication do the author and Dash launch into at the beginning of the work day?
(a) Stream of consciousness.
(b) Sign language.
(c) Slow and deliberate.
(d) Maniacal.

5. What ritual of the London office is fairly renowned in New York?
(a) Two-hour lunches.
(b) Working late hours.
(c) Going to France on the weekends.
(d) Wine at work.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much debt does the savings and loan companies seem to want to sell in 1981?

2. The author and Alexander orchestrate the a second security after "the opportunist" steals credit for the first involving the interest rate of which country?

3. According to the author, even knowledgeable thrift presidents feel they face a choice between rape and _____ when dealing with mortgage traders.

4. The ____ outlook of traders enables traders to exploit the weakness of their customers with virtual impunity.

5. Drexel Burnham runs an ad in the Wall Street journal showing two men _____.

(see the answer key)

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