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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When Bad Things Happen to Rich People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of nightmares is the author having at the beginning of "The Art of War"?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Sandlot.
(d) Trading.

2. 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) Cigarette pack.
(c) Platoon.
(d) Nerd pack.

3. Most of the trainees in the training program to which the author speaks at the end of the book are assigned to which department at Salomon Brothers?
(a) The equities department.
(b) Mortgage bonds.
(c) The bond trading floor.
(d) The back office.

4. 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) Testing sites.
(b) Paper evaluations.
(c) The break room surveillance cameras.
(d) The job placement blackboard.

5. Dash Riprock shrewdly isolates himself by persuading his superiors that his customers only buy _____.
(a) Corporate bonds.
(b) Junk bonds.
(c) German interst bonds.
(d) U.S. government bonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author buy after the market crashes?

2. What type of help does Congress give thrifts in 1981?

3. The "golden handshake" is another phrase for _____.

4. What ritual of the London office is fairly renowned in New York?

5. The author observes that Strauss doesn't seem to like Ranieri's lack of _____.

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