1. Gutfreund's wife, Susan, is spending fifteen million dollars decorating his ______ apartment.
(a) Long Island.
(b) Paris
(c) Manhattan.
(d) London

2. According to Lewis, the better an analyst gets at his job, the nearer he seems to ______.
(a) Death.
(b) Greatness.
(c) His dreams.
(d) God.

3. Where is the author living in 1984?
(a) Paris.
(b) Omaha.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

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

5. What is the initial bet that Gutfreund proposes to Meriwether for Liar's Poker?
(a) A million dollars.
(b) A year's pay.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Forty thousand dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what school does Leonard Bublick, the trainee who gets hit in the head with a paper wad thrown by the former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, get his M.B.A.?

2. Where was the author born and raised?

3. The back row trainees at Solomon Brothers are victims of the myth that a trader is a _____.

4. Lewis states that analysts don't analyze anything; they are just _____ to corporate financiers.

5. The face of Dale Horowitz reminds the author of whom?

(see the answer key)

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