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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Salomon Diet.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is another name for an analyst in the corporate finance department at Salomon Brothers?
(a) A grunt.
(b) An ant.
(c) A driver.
(d) A slug.

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

4. Where does the important dinner that the author is invited to take place?
(a) Cornwall.
(b) Buckingham Palace.
(c) St. James Palace.
(d) Tintagel.

5. The Salomon Brothers expense account is used as a _____ compensation system.
(a) First-rate.
(b) Hard-dollar.
(c) Soft-dollar.
(d) Second rate.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis, the better an analyst gets at his job, the nearer he seems to ______.

2. The back row trainees at Solomon Brothers are victims of the myth that a trader is a _____.

3. Bond prices move _____ to interest rates after 1979.

4. The market settles on a fair value of CMOs by comparing them with corporate and _____ bonds.

5. Who are the biggest shoppers for mortgage products?

(see the answer key)

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