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. Jim Massey is considered Gutfreund's _____.
(a) Prodigal son.
(b) Confidante.
(c) Arch enemy.
(d) Hatchet man.

2. According to the author, the reason Wall Street has initially ignored his resume is that all the representatives from large firms say that he lacks ______.
(a) Motivation.
(b) Commercial instincts.
(c) A wealthy background.
(d) Chutzpah.

3. A trainee asks Horowitz about Salomon Brother's being blacklisted by whom?
(a) Canadians.
(b) Arabs.
(c) South Africans.
(d) Catholics.

4. According to the author, in order for the home mortgage to become a bond, it has to be _____.
(a) Refinanced.
(b) Reversed.
(c) Depersonalized.
(d) Inflated.

5. What is the name of the Salomon Brothers when it becomes a corporation?
(a) Phibro Salomon Incorporated.
(b) Salomon Brothers Incorporated.
(c) Salomon Shearson Incorporated.
(d) First Salomon Incorporated.

Short Answer Questions

1. A challenge in Liar's Poker is like saying _______.

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

3. The front-row people in the Salomon Brothers training program are generally from which business school?

4. By getting thrift managers to trade their bonds actively, Ranieri's sales force could transform a shy, nervous thrift president into a _____.

5. Investment banking in America is a long-standing _____.

(see the answer key)

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