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

Michael Lewis (author)
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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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 Adult Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is considered the baby-sitter and organizer of the training program?
(a) Lisa Ericsson.
(b) John Meriwether.
(c) Susan James.
(d) John Gutfreund.

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

3. Which publication calls John Gutfreund the "King of Wall Street"?
(a) Barron's.
(b) Business Week.
(c) Forbes.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

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

5. Where was the author born and raised?
(a) London.
(b) Boston.
(c) The Deep South.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author living in 1984?

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

3. Which department at Salomon Brothers is considered "the sleepy backwater"?

4. The author thinks that all money men either have ______ hair or are bald.

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

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