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

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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Eight 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 Learning to Love Your Corporate Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 ______.
(a) Motivation.
(b) A wealthy background.
(c) Commercial instincts.
(d) Chutzpah.

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

3. Which leading bond analyst from Salomon Brothers gives a speech at the Wharton School about how he can't get women to pay attention to him at cocktail parties?
(a) John Gutfreund.
(b) Myron Samuels.
(c) John Meriwether.
(d) Sidney Homer.

4. What sort of dogs are the favorite of the British royal family?
(a) Corgis.
(b) Poodles.
(c) Dachsunds.
(d) Welsh terriers.

5. The Japanese in the training program are considered _____.
(a) Expendable.
(b) A protected species.
(c) Highly alert.
(d) A ruthless cult.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the author born and raised?

2. Which publication calls John Gutfreund the "King of Wall Street"?

3. Bond prices move _____ to interest rates after 1979.

4. What is a phrase the author uses to describe Meriwether's value to Salomon Brothers?

5. According to Lewis, the better an analyst gets at his job, the nearer he seems to ______.

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