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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. Drexel Burnham runs an ad in the Wall Street journal showing two men _____.
(a) Eating fast food.
(b) Running up a hill.
(c) At a boxing match.
(d) On a tandem bicycle.

2. Which subway line drops off hoards of people to their Wall Street jobs?
(a) Belmont.
(b) Morris Heights.
(c) Bedford Park.
(d) Lexington Avenue.

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

4. According to the author, in order for the home mortgage to become a bond, it has to be _____.
(a) Depersonalized.
(b) Inflated.
(c) Refinanced.
(d) Reversed.

5. Howie Rubin is picked up by which company when he is fired from Merrill Lynch?
(a) Bear Stearns.
(b) Drexel Burnham.
(c) Shearson Lehman.
(d) Salomon Brothers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tokyo is seemingly the obvious site for Salomon Brothers' global expansion because of Japan's _____.

3. Liar's Poker has a lot in common with what aspect of Wall Street business?

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

5. The Japanese in the training program are considered _____.

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