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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Art of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fund goes from zero investment in the mortgage market in 1983 to thirty billion dollars worth of CMOs in 1986?
(a) The Freddie Mac fund.
(b) The Fannie Mae fund.
(c) The U.S. treasury bill fund.
(d) The American pension fund.

2. Ranieri describes Tom Strauss as _____.
(a) A boob.
(b) A snake.
(c) A clown.
(d) A rabid dog.

3. According to the author, what is a symbol of Britain's long economic decline?
(a) Going beltless.
(b) The low price of liquor.
(c) Sagging thin black socks.
(d) Meatless Mondays.

4. Mike Milkin of Drexel Burnham is the guru of _____.
(a) Mortgage bonds.
(b) Junk bonds.
(c) Government bonds.
(d) Municipal bonds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Lewis observes people in his firm, he finds that just as some people are mean drunks, mortgage traders are mean _____.

2. Investment banking in America is a long-standing _____.

3. Ranieri owns exactly four suits, all of them _____.

4. What is it called when occupants of an upmarket property buy out the owner-developer who repays his government loan?

5. Lewis thinks Henry Kaufman is the guru of he bond market and also the _____ of Salomon Brothers.

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