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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Brotherhood of Hoods.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, in order for the home mortgage to become a bond, it has to be _____.
(a) Depersonalized.
(b) Refinanced.
(c) Inflated.
(d) Reversed.

3. The author thinks that all money men either have ______ hair or are bald.
(a) Red.
(b) Receding.
(c) Dark.
(d) Blond.

4. Lewis states that analysts don't analyze anything; they are just _____ to corporate financiers.
(a) Secretaries.
(b) Sounding boards.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Coffee makers.

5. Liar's Poker has a lot in common with what aspect of Wall Street business?
(a) Currency trading.
(b) Commodities trading.
(c) Bond trading.
(d) Stock trading.

Short Answer Questions

1. A trainee asks Horowitz about Salomon Brother's being blacklisted by whom?

2. According to the author, all a man has in the markets is his _____.

3. What dollar amount does Meriwether counter Gutfreund's bet with?

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. Bob Dall and Stephen Joseph create the first _____ of mortgage securities.

(see the answer key)

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