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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adult Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the author, the stigma of getting a job through connections is worse than the stigma of ______.
(a) Waiting tables.
(b) Getting a PhD.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) Starting at the bottom.

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

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

4. The front-row people in the Salomon Brothers training program are generally from which business school?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Wharton.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what is Gutfreund's only noticeable affectation when he comes to speak to the trainees?

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

3. Gutfreund's first love is ______.

4. Which subway line drops off hoards of people to their Wall Street jobs?

5. Which publication calls John Gutfreund the "King of Wall Street"?

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