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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 spins out of control at Salomon Brothers in 1987?
(a) Manager's demans.
(b) Trader's risks.
(c) New hirings.
(d) Costs.

2. Which leading bond analyst from Salomon Brothers gives a speech at the Wharton School about how he can't get women to pay attention to him at cocktail parties?
(a) John Meriwether.
(b) John Gutfreund.
(c) Myron Samuels.
(d) Sidney Homer.

3. The author observes that Strauss doesn't seem to like Ranieri's lack of _____.
(a) Drive.
(b) Aplomb.
(c) Couth.
(d) Conviction.

4. 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?
(a) The stress interview.
(b) Hazing.
(c) Trapped rat syndrome.
(d) Exit analysis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. William Simon becomes the secretary of the U.S. Treasury under which president?

2. The speaker who eventually wins the hearts and minds of the back row in the Salomon Brothers training program describes the trading floor as a _____.

3. Lewie Ranieri is doing what when he is called in by Gutfreund to take over the mortgage department?

4. Wall Street has a river at one end and a ______ at the other.

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

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