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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. For a great player of Liar's Poker, ______ is the easy part of the game.
(a) Reading people.
(b) Lying.
(c) Math.
(d) Science.

2. More than any other firm on Wall Street, Salomon Brothers is run by _______.
(a) Corporate finance.
(b) Analysts.
(c) Mutual fund managers.
(d) Traders.

3. What is it called when an interviewer asks an applicant to open a high-rise window that can't be opened in a job interview?
(a) Exit analysis.
(b) Trapped rat syndrome.
(c) Hazing.
(d) The stress interview.

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

5. William Simon becomes the secretary of the U.S. Treasury under which president?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) Jimmy Carter.
(d) Lyndon Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gutfreund's challenging of Meriwether to a game of Liar's Poker is his way of showing he is ______.

2. Jim Massey is considered Gutfreund's _____.

3. In any market, as in any poker game, there is a ______.

4. The author notices that young traders become _____ after they get onto Meriwether's trading desk.

5. Rich Shuster is a thrift salesman in which Salomon Brothers office before coming to work for Ranieri?

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