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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lewis observes that the cruelty that traders bestow on everyone in their wake is _____.
(a) Personal.
(b) Permanent.
(c) Illegal.
(d) Ceremonial.

2. What is the nickname of Horowitz?
(a) The Jackknife.
(b) Uncle Dale.
(c) Papa Horowitz.
(d) The hatchet man.

3. What is the initial bet that Gutfreund proposes to Meriwether for Liar's Poker?
(a) A million dollars.
(b) One dollar.
(c) A year's pay.
(d) Forty thousand dollars.

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

5. Massey is not looking for curious minds among trainees, he is looking for _____.
(a) Bulls.
(b) Cookie-cutter versions of himself.
(c) Obsequious coffee-getters.
(d) Cult followers.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes England as the land of ________.

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

3. What ubiquitous part of business attire does Massey conspicuously lack?

4. A _____ of personal popularity is how Lewis thinks trainees are chosen by managers.

5. The author thinks that all money men either have ______ hair or are bald.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the main concerns of the old hands at Salomon Brothers concerning the state of affairs in the economics of America in the 1980s?

2. What effect does allowing the back row of the Salomon Brothers training program to create anarchy have on the company?

3. What is the "3-6-3 Club"?

4. How does the author compare economics to art history?

5. Why are corporate financiers considered wimps by traders?

6. Why is Lewie Ranieri so loyal to Salomon Brothers?

7. Why does Gutfreund challenge Meriwether to Liar's Poker?

8. What happens as a result of the surge in the number of students who get economics degrees?

9. Why does one of the female trainees become the first person to finally talk to the author in the training program at Salomon Brothers?

10. How does Meriwether beat Gutfreund before the game of Liar's Poker even starts?

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