Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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 Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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 test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For the author, the stigma of getting a job through connections is worse than the stigma of ______.

3. According to the author, in order for the home mortgage to become a bond, it has to be _____.

4. The author notices that young traders become _____ after they get onto Meriwether's trading desk.

5. The code of Liar's Poker is something like the code of the ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the home-buying imbalance of the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt.

2. What is the "3-6-3 Club"?

3. Why does Gutfreund challenge Meriwether to Liar's Poker?

4. Why are corporate financiers considered wimps by traders?

5. How does Bob Dall react when he is replaced by Ranieri?

6. How is trading supposedly like the jungle?

7. In the training class, why does Lewis think Gutfreund looks the part of statesman?

8. What is one of the main concerns of the old hands at Salomon Brothers concerning the state of affairs in the economics of America in the 1980s?

9. What is meant by "no tears"?

10. What is unfortunate about the position Susan James has acquired at Salomon Brothers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the evolution of the mortgage trading department at Salomon Brothers. Who came up with the idea to develop that department? Who saw it through the hard times? What were some of the stumbling blocks that had to be overcome to make mortgages viable for trading? How does it finally become successful?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author finally become a Big Swinging Dick? Who dubs him so? Who does he sell to to attain this level at Salomon Brothers? What does he sell? How does he feel about the whole affair?

Essay Topic 3

What is the perception of "corporate finance" in the investment banking industry? What does someone in corporate finance actually do? What role does and investment banking analyst play in relation to corporate financiers?

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