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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Salomon Diet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another word for savings and loan?
(a) Penny house.
(b) Home store.
(c) House bank.
(d) Thrift.

2. Where was the author born and raised?
(a) New York.
(b) The Deep South.
(c) Boston.
(d) London.

3. Who are the biggest shoppers for mortgage products?
(a) Homeowners.
(b) Government agencies.
(c) Thrifts.
(d) Foreign investors.

4. A trainee asks Horowitz about why the company's largest shareholder is from which country?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Australia.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Israel.

5. Rich Shuster is a thrift salesman in which Salomon Brothers office before coming to work for Ranieri?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Dallas.
(c) London.
(d) Atlanta.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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 ______.

2. When Matty Olivia leaves Salomon Brothers in a huff for the joke the mortgage guys play on him, the author attributes his return to the notion that he is bound by _____.

3. The cafeteria kitchen at Salomon Brothers is known throughout Wall Street for its _____.

4. CMO's are divided into slices, or _____.

5. Ranieri tells Gutfreund that he is selling the [mortgage bond] technology for a _____.

(see the answer key)

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