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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When Bad Things Happen to Rich People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis Identify as the two emotions that commonly destroy traders?
(a) Drive and determination.
(b) Fear and greed.
(c) Apathy and sadness.
(d) Self-loathing and listlessness.

2. What is it called when an interviewer asks an applicant to open a high-rise window that can't be opened in a job interview?
(a) Exit analysis.
(b) Hazing.
(c) Trapped rat syndrome.
(d) The stress interview.

3. Ronald O. Perelman is a hostile trader who took over which cosmetics company?
(a) Revlon.
(b) Maybelline.
(c) L'Oreal.
(d) Smashbox.

4. What is the day of the week that the stock market crashes in 1987?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

5. A carnival performer who bites the heads off live chickens and snakes is definition of a _____.
(a) Geek.
(b) Nerd.
(c) Stooge.
(d) Freak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the important dinner that the author is invited to take place?

2. What is another word for savings and loan?

3. A row of Bic fine-point pens in a plastic case in the breast pocket of someone who works on Wall Street is commonly called a _____.

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

5. The author observes that Strauss doesn't seem to like Ranieri's lack of _____.

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