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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On business trips for DLJ, what was Rolfe forced to do?
(a) Create presentations.
(b) Sit through hours and hours of meetings.
(c) Present important information.
(d) Run errands.

2. No ___________ is spared in printing the prospectus.
(a) Expense.
(b) Down time.
(c) Time.
(d) Inconvenience.

3. Performance reviews mark _______________ at DLJ.
(a) A new year.
(b) A sad time.
(c) A time to reflect.
(d) The end of the year.

4. Why were client and managing director meetings hated by associates?
(a) The meetings are boring.
(b) Associates were questioned at random about their work.
(c) It meant much more work.
(d) No one could bring phones or computers to the meetings.

5. How could DLJ find out about competitors' bonuses?
(a)
(b) DLJ made really good guesses.
(c) They were the last company to give reviews.
(d) They sent spies to learn about the bonuses.

6. After the holiday party, Rolfe becomes concerned about Troob because:
(a) Troob disappears.
(b) Troob feels guilty about his behavior.
(c) Troob drank too much.
(d) He is found naked in an alley.

7. What did Rolfe help an older banker to do?
(a) Showed an older banker how to find porn at work.
(b) Get a deal done.
(c) Valuate a company.
(d) How to use the internet to date women.

8. What always takes priority over any other task (even over pitch books)?
(a) Printing the prospectus.
(b) Going on travel trips.
(c) Getting coffee for the managing directors.
(d) Meeting with junior vice presidents.

9. Getting on the bad side of the copy center was ___________.
(a)
(b) To commit career suicide.
(c) Put the workers in their place.
(d) Angered superiors.

10. Who was sworn to secrecy concerning bonuses?
(a) Vice presidents.
(b) Everyone at the company.
(c) Associates.
(d) Managing directors.

11. What occupies 40- 50% of the associates' time?
(a) Typing meeting notes.
(b) Going back and forth with word processing.
(c) Going to business lunches.
(d) Creating pamphlets.

12. In addition to edits, what else would upper management request changes on?
(a) Charts, graphs, and pictures.
(b) Header and Footer on each page.
(c) The bibliography.
(d) Text.

13. What do potential investors rely on during a prospectus presentation?
(a) Their lawyers opinions.
(b) Pretty pictures and images.
(c) Rely on the sales pitch of the investment banker.
(d) Their own instincts.

14. Who was in charge of revising the pitch books?
(a) Managing directors.
(b) Junior vice presidents.
(c) New associates.
(d) Everyone.

15. How did Rolfe and Troob maintain a good relationship with the copy center?
(a) Visiting the workers on off hours.
(b) Inviting the workers to happy hour.
(c) Pizza, beer, and food on late night shifts.
(d) Taking them for joy rides in company cars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when most of the senior execs left for the night at the end of a long work day?

2. What two party rooms were made available to the employees of DLJ?

3. How much are word processors paid an hour?

4. What new job did Troob find?

5. In The Merry-Go-Round, how many hours were usually left between the completion of edits of the pitch book until the presentation of the book?

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