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. What type of communication do the author and Dash launch into at the beginning of the work day?
(a) Maniacal.
(b) Stream of consciousness.
(c) Sign language.
(d) Slow and deliberate.

2. For a great player of Liar's Poker, ______ is the easy part of the game.
(a) Math.
(b) Reading people.
(c) Science.
(d) Lying.

3. The ____ outlook of traders enables traders to exploit the weakness of their customers with virtual impunity.
(a) Short-term.
(b) Long-term.
(c) Wide.
(d) Narrow.

4. Gutfreund's challenging of Meriwether to a game of Liar's Poker is his way of showing he is ______.
(a) Boss.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) A player.
(d) Intelligent.

5. The cafeteria kitchen at Salomon Brothers is known throughout Wall Street for its _____.
(a) Health inspection warnings.
(b) Bagels.
(c) Cleanliness.
(d) Pretty cashiers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To create a CMO, hundreds of millions of dollars in ordinary mortgage bonds are placed in a _____.

4. According to the author, what is a symbol of Britain's long economic decline?

5. What dollar amount does Meriwether counter Gutfreund's bet with?

(see the answer key)

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