Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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 A Brotherhood of Hoods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author thinks that all money men either have ______ hair or are bald.
(a) Blond.
(b) Receding.
(c) Dark.
(d) Red.

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

3. Gutfreund's first love is ______.
(a) Trading.
(b) Philosophizing.
(c) Posing for photo ops.
(d) Managing.

4. When Matty Olivia leaves Salomon Brothers in a huff for the joke the mortgage guys play on him, the author attributes his return to the notion that he is bound by _____.
(a) Family obligation.
(b) Golden handcuffs.
(c) Unwritten loyalty.
(d) Contract.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What ubiquitous part of business attire does Massey conspicuously lack?

2. The trainee who finally asks a question at Massey's training session wonders if Salomon Brothers will open an office in what city?

3. For a great player of Liar's Poker, ______ is the easy part of the game.

4. Jim Massey is considered Gutfreund's _____.

5. Bond prices move _____ to interest rates after 1979.

(see the answer key)

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