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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. In the bond market, unlike the stock market, ______ are not openly stated.
(a) Commissions.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Share quantities.
(d) Interest rates.

2. Which department at Salomon Brothers is considered "the sleepy backwater"?
(a) Analysis.
(b) Equities.
(c) Bond trading.
(d) Corprate finance.

3. Bond prices move _____ to interest rates after 1979.
(a) Unrelated.
(b) Parallel.
(c) Inversely.
(d) Cyclically.

4. Massey is not looking for curious minds among trainees, he is looking for _____.
(a) Cookie-cutter versions of himself.
(b) Obsequious coffee-getters.
(c) Cult followers.
(d) Bulls.

5. A _____ of personal popularity is how Lewis thinks trainees are chosen by managers.
(a) Ponzi scheme.
(b) Cult.
(c) Bee's nest.
(d) Grand illusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The cafeteria kitchen at Salomon Brothers is known throughout Wall Street for its _____.

2. For a great player of Liar's Poker, ______ is the easy part of the game.

3. 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 _____.

4. The speaker who eventually wins the hearts and minds of the back row in the Salomon Brothers training program describes the trading floor as a _____.

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

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