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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. Lewie Ranieri is doing what when he is called in by Gutfreund to take over the mortgage department?
(a) Trading utility bonds.
(b) Working in the mailroom.
(c) Trading government bonds.
(d) Trading equities.

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

3. What does Lewis Identify as the two emotions that commonly destroy traders?
(a) Self-loathing and listlessness.
(b) Apathy and sadness.
(c) Drive and determination.
(d) Fear and greed.

4. In 1986, forty percent of Yale's graduating class apply to which bank?
(a) Citibank.
(b) Shearson.
(c) Lehman Brothers.
(d) First Boston.

5. The author thinks that all money men either have ______ hair or are bald.
(a) Receding.
(b) Red.
(c) Dark.
(d) Blond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another word for savings and loan?

2. 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 ______.

3. What dollar amount does Meriwether counter Gutfreund's bet with?

4. A _____ of personal popularity is how Lewis thinks trainees are chosen by managers.

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

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