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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Art of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The front-row people in the Salomon Brothers training program are generally from which business school?
(a) Wharton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Princeton.

2. There are 287 books about bonds in the New York Public Library and most of them are about _____.
(a) Family ties.
(b) A British spy.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Junk Bonds.

3. According to the author, even knowledgeable thrift presidents feel they face a choice between rape and _____ when dealing with mortgage traders.
(a) Battery.
(b) Long-term gains.
(c) Prison.
(d) Slow suicide.

4. In 1979, which company specializes in junk bonds?
(a) Shearson.
(b) Salomon Brothers.
(c) Lehman.
(d) Drexel Burnham.

5. According to the author, the whole idea of globalization at Salomon Brothers is _____.
(a) Somewhat realisitic.
(b) A relief.
(c) A given.
(d) A canard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice eventually cripples Salomon Brothers?

2. Investment banking in America is a long-standing _____.

3. Steve Roth and Scott Brittenham make millions of dollars trading _____.

4. What is another name for an individual home loan?

5. The ____ outlook of traders enables traders to exploit the weakness of their customers with virtual impunity.

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