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. Salomon Brothers is a ______ from 1910 to 1981.
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Partnership.
(c) Sole proprietorship.
(d) Corporation.

2. What author does the author recommend to his Prussian colleagues?
(a) Anthony Robbins.
(b) Sun-Tzu.
(c) Dale Carnegie.
(d) John Suskind.

3. Ranieri tells Gutfreund that he is selling the [mortgage bond] technology for a _____.
(a) Pound of flesh.
(b) Hill of magic beans.
(c) Good price.
(d) Stable of horses.

4. In the midst of Liar's Poker, the good player's mind spins with ________.
(a) Gestures.
(b) Details.
(c) Probabilities.
(d) Commonalities.

5. In New York, when a trader is starting out, the excitement of being part of the action comes at the price _____.
(a) Freedom.
(b) One's soul.
(c) One's sanity.
(d) A few million dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of dogs are the favorite of the British royal family?

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

3. Rich Shuster is a thrift salesman in which Salomon Brothers office before coming to work for Ranieri?

4. Jim Massey is considered Gutfreund's _____.

5. What is the word that means trading riskily for profit?

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