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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Liar's Poker has a lot in common with what aspect of Wall Street business?
(a) Commodities trading.
(b) Currency trading.
(c) Stock trading.
(d) Bond trading.

2. What floor at Salomon brothers is said to have low ceilings, no windows, and the charm of an engine room?
(a) The fortieth floor.
(b) The forty-first floor.
(c) The thirty-seventh floor.
(d) The ground floor.

3. With whom has the author received an invitation to dine?
(a) Queen Elizabeth II.
(b) The queen mother.
(c) Prince Charles.
(d) Lady Diana.

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

5. Which department at Salomon Brothers is considered "the sleepy backwater"?
(a) Bond trading.
(b) Corprate finance.
(c) Equities.
(d) Analysis.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. A _____ of personal popularity is how Lewis thinks trainees are chosen by managers.

4. According to the author, the reason Wall Street has initially ignored his resume is that all the representatives from large firms say that he lacks ______.

5. As Lewis gets more experience at Salomon Brothers, he realizes that an inexplicable aspect of studying to be an investment banker is that _______ serves no function in an investment bank.

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