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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through From Geek to Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word that means trading riskily for profit?
(a) Selling short.
(b) Swapping.
(c) Arbitrage.
(d) Arbitration.

2. Lewis sees John Meriwether as successful because he has the uncanny ability to do what?
(a) Hide money.
(b) Hide his state of mind.
(c) Avoid bad press.
(d) Time his trades.

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

4. Steve Roth and Scott Brittenham make millions of dollars trading _____.
(a) Small Business Administration loans.
(b) Federal project loans.
(c) Junk securities.
(d) Corporate bonds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The senior mortgage traders maintain that their abuse of trainees leads to _____.

2. What type of help does Congress give thrifts in 1981?

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

4. The ____ outlook of traders enables traders to exploit the weakness of their customers with virtual impunity.

5. What is the nickname of Horowitz?

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