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

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

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 The Art of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the bond market, unlike the stock market, ______ are not openly stated.
(a) Share quantities.
(b) Commissions.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Interest rates.

2. Lewis sees John Meriwether as successful because he has the uncanny ability to do what?
(a) Avoid bad press.
(b) Time his trades.
(c) Hide money.
(d) Hide his state of mind.

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

4. A _____ of personal popularity is how Lewis thinks trainees are chosen by managers.
(a) Bee's nest.
(b) Cult.
(c) Grand illusion.
(d) Ponzi scheme.

5. What is photocopied 126 times from The New York Times and distributed among the trainees each morning?
(a) The business section.
(b) The comic section.
(c) The front page.
(d) The crossword puzzle.

Short Answer Questions

1. More than any other firm on Wall Street, Salomon Brothers is run by _______.

2. Liar's Poker has a lot in common with what aspect of Wall Street business?

3. There are 287 books about bonds in the New York Public Library and most of them are about _____.

4. Ranieri is the guru of the _____ industry.

5. Massey is not looking for curious minds among trainees, he is looking for _____.

(see the answer key)

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