Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Michael Lewis (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Michael Lewis (author)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 116 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Learning to Love Your Corporate Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gutfreund's wife, Susan, is spending fifteen million dollars decorating his ______ apartment.
(a) Long Island.
(b) Paris
(c) London
(d) Manhattan.

2. What sort of important dinner is the author invited to attend?
(a) A fund raiser.
(b) A head-hunting dinner.
(c) A company dinner for Salomon Brothers.
(d) A celebrity dinner.

3. Lewis sees John Meriwether as successful because he has the uncanny ability to do what?
(a) Hide money.
(b) Hide his state of mind.
(c) Time his trades.
(d) Avoid bad press.

4. What aspect of the dollar bill is the integral component of Liar's Poker?
(a) The mint.
(b) The owner.
(c) The year.
(d) The serial number.

5. Wall Street has a river at one end and a ______ at the other.
(a) Pot of gold.
(b) Cesspool.
(c) Train station.
(d) Graveyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the bond market, unlike the stock market, ______ are not openly stated.

2. Traders prove their superiority in a Wall Street firm every day by doing what?

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

4. Which leading bond analyst from Salomon Brothers gives a speech at the Wharton School about how he can't get women to pay attention to him at cocktail parties?

5. Gutfreund's challenging of Meriwether to a game of Liar's Poker is his way of showing he is ______.

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