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

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

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 A Brotherhood of Hoods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wall Street has a river at one end and a ______ at the other.
(a) Graveyard.
(b) Train station.
(c) Pot of gold.
(d) Cesspool.

2. What is the initial bet that Gutfreund proposes to Meriwether for Liar's Poker?
(a) A year's pay.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Forty thousand dollars.
(d) A million dollars.

3. What is another name for an analyst in the corporate finance department at Salomon Brothers?
(a) A driver.
(b) An ant.
(c) A slug.
(d) A grunt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. A row of Bic fine-point pens in a plastic case in the breast pocket of someone who works on Wall Street is commonly called a _____.

5. What practice eventually cripples Salomon Brothers?

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