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. Lewie Ranieri is doing what when he is called in by Gutfreund to take over the mortgage department?
(a) Trading utility bonds.
(b) Trading government bonds.
(c) Working in the mailroom.
(d) Trading equities.

2. What is the name of an interview technique designed to test an applicant's nerve?
(a) The silent treatment.
(b) Instant recall command.
(c) The yell test.
(d) Direct humiliation.

3. A carnival performer who bites the heads off live chickens and snakes is definition of a _____.
(a) Geek.
(b) Freak.
(c) Stooge.
(d) Nerd.

4. Michael Milken invents the _____.
(a) Junk bond.
(b) Municipal bond.
(c) Mortgage Bond.
(d) IPO.

5. What is the name of the Federal Housing Administration's approval to trade in whole loans?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A bogey.
(c) A birdie.
(d) A put.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author living in 1984?

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

3. Salomon Brothers is a ______ from 1910 to 1981.

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

5. Lewis characterizes the sprinting rabbit statue at the new London office as a _____.

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