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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Art of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Nerd pack.
(b) Badge of honor.
(c) Platoon.
(d) Cigarette pack.

2. There are 287 books about bonds in the New York Public Library and most of them are about _____.
(a) Junk Bonds.
(b) Chemistry.
(c) A British spy.
(d) Family ties.

3. What is it called when occupants of an upmarket property buy out the owner-developer who repays his government loan?
(a) A counter weight.
(b) A no-fault loan.
(c) A reversal.
(d) A conversion.

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

5. A sticking point in making mortgage securities work is the homeowner's right to _____ his mortgage.
(a) Default on.
(b) Prepay.
(c) Sell.
(d) Appropriate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who writes the book, On War?

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. According to the author, even knowledgeable thrift presidents feel they face a choice between rape and _____ when dealing with mortgage traders.

4. A _____ of personal popularity is how Lewis thinks trainees are chosen by managers.

5. Ranieri is characterized by the author as perhaps the first _____ in the history of Wall Street.

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