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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. According to one mortgage trader, it is an accepted fact that mortgage traders have _____.
(a) Fishy eyes.
(b) No consciences.
(c) Death wishes.
(d) Iron balls.

2. According to the author, even knowledgeable thrift presidents feel they face a choice between rape and _____ when dealing with mortgage traders.
(a) Battery.
(b) Slow suicide.
(c) Long-term gains.
(d) Prison.

3. The Japanese in the training program are considered _____.
(a) Expendable.
(b) A ruthless cult.
(c) Highly alert.
(d) A protected species.

4. What is another name for a call option?
(a) A stay/
(b) A glue bond.
(c) A shared equity.
(d) A warrant.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. A sticking point in making mortgage securities work is the homeowner's right to _____ his mortgage.

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

3. Ranieri is characterized by the author as perhaps the first _____ in the history of Wall Street.

4. What is another name for an individual home loan?

5. The author and Alexander orchestrate the a second security after "the opportunist" steals credit for the first involving the interest rate of which country?

(see the answer key)

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