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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adult Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Liar's Poker has a lot in common with what aspect of Wall Street business?
(a) Commodities trading.
(b) Stock trading.
(c) Currency trading.
(d) Bond trading.

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

3. A trainee asks Horowitz about why the company's largest shareholder is from which country?
(a) Israel.
(b) Jordan.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Australia.

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

5. Gutfreund's first love is ______.
(a) Philosophizing.
(b) Trading.
(c) Managing.
(d) Posing for photo ops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis Identify as the two emotions that commonly destroy traders?

2. What is the name stockbrokers give to the day in 1976 when fixed stock brokerage commissions ended?

3. Lewis thinks Henry Kaufman is the guru of he bond market and also the _____ of Salomon Brothers.

4. Wall Street has a river at one end and a ______ at the other.

5. What aspect of the dollar bill is the integral component of Liar's Poker?

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