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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 is the name stockbrokers give to the day in 1976 when fixed stock brokerage commissions ended?
(a) Blue Monday.
(b) A green Christmas.
(c) Black Friday.
(d) Mayday.

2. Lewis thinks Henry Kaufman is the guru of he bond market and also the _____ of Salomon Brothers.
(a) Conscience.
(b) Heartbeat.
(c) Driving force.
(d) Htachet man.

3. This person is charged with coordinating all deals on the trading floor.
(a) A corporate coordinator.
(b) A portfolio manager.
(c) A syndicate manager.
(d) A money market chairperson.

4. A guiding principle of Salomon Brothers that Tom Strauss iterates to the author is that customers have _____.
(a) Small brains.
(b) Big wallets.
(c) Short memories.
(d) Long options.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author living in 1984?

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

3. In New York, when a trader is starting out, the excitement of being part of the action comes at the price _____.

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

5. The code of Liar's Poker is something like the code of the ______.

(see the answer key)

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