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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adult Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a phrase the author uses to describe Meriwether's value to Salomon Brothers?
(a) Zen-like master.
(b) Head honcho.
(c) Arbitrage boss.
(d) Extreme cowboy.

2. The front-row people in the Salomon Brothers training program are generally from which business school?
(a) Yale.
(b) Wharton.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

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

4. Though he was rejected by Harvard, Gutfreund eventually graduated from ______.
(a) Oxford.
(b) Oberlin.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Yale.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the initial bet that Gutfreund proposes to Meriwether for Liar's Poker?

2. Gutfreund's wife, Susan, is spending fifteen million dollars decorating his ______ apartment.

3. In the midst of Liar's Poker, the good player's mind spins with ________.

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

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

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