Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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 quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How Can We Make You Happier?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Steve Roth and Scott Brittenham make millions of dollars trading _____.
(a) Junk securities.
(b) Corporate bonds.
(c) Federal project loans.
(d) Small Business Administration loans.

2. What is the expression that describes a customer who has gone under as a result of a trade?
(a) Excised.
(b) Disintegrated.
(c) Wiped out.
(d) Blown up.

3. The author characterizes the people initially involved in home mortgages as ______.
(a) Burger flippers.
(b) Sheep ranchers.
(c) Corn farmers.
(d) Shoe salesmen.

4. What sort of important dinner is the author invited to attend?
(a) A fund raiser.
(b) A company dinner for Salomon Brothers.
(c) A celebrity dinner.
(d) A head-hunting dinner.

5. What is jargon for a gamble that is sure to succeed?
(a) A field goal.
(b) A home run.
(c) A lay-up.
(d) A touchdown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the chief occupational hazard of the trading floor?

2. CMO's are divided into slices, or _____.

3. What type of ideas does Herman want for his investment?

4. Though he was rejected by Harvard, Gutfreund eventually graduated from ______.

5. 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.?

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