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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Learning to Love Your Corporate Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author notices that young traders become _____ after they get onto Meriwether's trading desk.
(a) Disciples.
(b) Pudding.
(c) Intellectuals.
(d) Hysterical.

2. What is the name of an interview technique designed to test an applicant's nerve?
(a) The yell test.
(b) Instant recall command.
(c) The silent treatment.
(d) Direct humiliation.

3. For the author, the stigma of getting a job through connections is worse than the stigma of ______.
(a) Getting a PhD.
(b) Waiting tables.
(c) Unemployment.
(d) Starting at the bottom.

4. The author describes England as the land of ________.
(a) Haggis.
(b) Royal watchers.
(c) Limp paychecks.
(d) Long lines.

5. More than any other firm on Wall Street, Salomon Brothers is run by _______.
(a) Analysts.
(b) Mutual fund managers.
(c) Traders.
(d) Corporate finance.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Where is the author living in 1984?

3. According to the author, the reason Wall Street has initially ignored his resume is that all the representatives from large firms say that he lacks ______.

4. The code of Liar's Poker is something like the code of the ______.

5. The Japanese in the training program are considered _____.

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