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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) Costs.
(b) New hirings.
(c) Trader's risks.
(d) Manager's demans.

2. The Salomon Brothers expense account is used as a _____ compensation system.
(a) Hard-dollar.
(b) Soft-dollar.
(c) First-rate.
(d) Second rate.

3. According to the book, investment banking candidates are expected to be _______.
(a) Open-minded.
(b) Culturally literate.
(c) Intellectuals.
(d) Brash.

4. With whom has the author received an invitation to dine?
(a) Queen Elizabeth II.
(b) Prince Charles.
(c) The queen mother.
(d) Lady Diana.

5. Ranieri tells Gutfreund that he is selling the [mortgage bond] technology for a _____.
(a) Stable of horses.
(b) Good price.
(c) Pound of flesh.
(d) Hill of magic beans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ubiquitous part of business attire does Massey conspicuously lack?

2. The author characterizes the people initially involved in home mortgages as ______.

3. The author thinks that all money men either have ______ hair or are bald.

4. What sort of important dinner is the author invited to attend?

5. The front-row people in the Salomon Brothers training program are generally from which business school?

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