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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. The code of Liar's Poker is something like the code of the ______.
(a) Gunslinger.
(b) Marine.
(c) Silent.
(d) Mason.

2. Who is chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1979?
(a) Alan Greenspan.
(b) Arthur F. Burns.
(c) Paul Volcker.
(d) Ben Bernanke.

3. The Salomon Brothers expense account is used as a _____ compensation system.
(a) First-rate.
(b) Hard-dollar.
(c) Soft-dollar.
(d) Second rate.

4. The author describes England as the land of ________.
(a) Haggis.
(b) Long lines.
(c) Limp paychecks.
(d) Royal watchers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A trainee asks Horowitz about why the company's largest shareholder is from which country?

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

3. What is the name of the standard of one hundred cents on the dollar?

4. Ranieri is characterized by the author as perhaps the first _____ in the history of Wall Street.

5. Lewis states that analysts don't analyze anything; they are just _____ to corporate financiers.

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