Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Eight 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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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Eight 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 Learning to Love Your Corporate Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In any market, as in any poker game, there is a ______.
(a) Sociopath.
(b) Ringleader.
(c) Fool.
(d) Scapegoat.

2. Who is chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1979?
(a) Paul Volcker.
(b) Ben Bernanke.
(c) Arthur F. Burns.
(d) Alan Greenspan.

3. What is the initial bet that Gutfreund proposes to Meriwether for Liar's Poker?
(a) A million dollars.
(b) A year's pay.
(c) Forty thousand dollars.
(d) One dollar.

4. A row of Bic fine-point pens in a plastic case in the breast pocket of someone who works on Wall Street is commonly called a _____.
(a) Platoon.
(b) Nerd pack.
(c) Badge of honor.
(d) Cigarette pack.

5. Lewis states that analysts don't analyze anything; they are just _____ to corporate financiers.
(a) Sounding boards.
(b) Secretaries.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Coffee makers.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom has the author received an invitation to dine?

2. In 1986, forty percent of Yale's graduating class apply to which bank?

3. In 1979, which company specializes in junk bonds?

4. What does Lewis Identify as the two emotions that commonly destroy traders?

5. The author describes England as the land of ________.

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