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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author, all a man has in the markets is his _____.
(a) Word and honor.
(b) Gall.
(c) Wits.
(d) Drive and determination.

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

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

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

6. What ubiquitous part of business attire does Massey conspicuously lack?
(a) A tie.
(b) Black shoes.
(c) A pocket hankie.
(d) A gold watch.

7. When Matty Olivia leaves Salomon Brothers in a huff for the joke the mortgage guys play on him, the author attributes his return to the notion that he is bound by _____.
(a) Golden handcuffs.
(b) Family obligation.
(c) Contract.
(d) Unwritten loyalty.

8. People who do imitations of Michael Mortara often sound like _____.
(a) Marlon Brando.
(b) Jimmy Swaggert.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) Ronald Reagan.

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

10. The Japanese in the training program are considered _____.
(a) Highly alert.
(b) Expendable.
(c) A protected species.
(d) A ruthless cult.

11. Which department at Salomon Brothers is considered "the sleepy backwater"?
(a) Bond trading.
(b) Corprate finance.
(c) Equities.
(d) Analysis.

12. What practice eventually cripples Salomon Brothers?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Top heaviness.
(c) Overextension.
(d) Hypergrowth.

13. Though he was rejected by Harvard, Gutfreund eventually graduated from ______.
(a) Oxford.
(b) Oberlin.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

14. 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 _____.
(a) Badge of honor.
(b) Platoon.
(c) Cigarette pack.
(d) Nerd pack.

15. In any market, as in any poker game, there is a ______.
(a) Fool.
(b) Sociopath.
(c) Scapegoat.
(d) Ringleader.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the midst of Liar's Poker, the good player's mind spins with ________.

2. 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?

3. What floor at Salomon brothers is said to have low ceilings, no windows, and the charm of an engine room?

4. Jim Massey is considered Gutfreund's _____.

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

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