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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How Can We Make You Happier?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jim Massey is a member of Salomon Brothers executive committee in charge of sales and presides over _____, which directly affects the future of all trainees.
(a) The break room surveillance cameras.
(b) Testing sites.
(c) Paper evaluations.
(d) The job placement blackboard.

2. What is a phrase the author uses to describe Meriwether's value to Salomon Brothers?
(a) Arbitrage boss.
(b) Zen-like master.
(c) Extreme cowboy.
(d) Head honcho.

3. Ranieri is characterized by the author as perhaps the first _____ in the history of Wall Street.
(a) Democrat.
(b) Communist.
(c) Populist.
(d) Confedrate.

4. The author characterizes the bond trader as a _____.
(a) Cowboy.
(b) Rock star.
(c) Bull.
(d) Warden.

5. What dollar amount does Meriwether counter Gutfreund's bet with?
(a) Forty-one thousand dollars.
(b) Ten million dollars.
(c) A quarter of a million dollars.
(d) Two dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the whole idea of globalization at Salomon Brothers is _____.

2. Ranieri describes Tom Strauss as _____.

3. By getting thrift managers to trade their bonds actively, Ranieri's sales force could transform a shy, nervous thrift president into a _____.

4. There are 287 books about bonds in the New York Public Library and most of them are about _____.

5. What is the initial bet that Gutfreund proposes to Meriwether for Liar's Poker?

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