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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Lewis observes people in his firm, he finds that just as some people are mean drunks, mortgage traders are mean _____.
(a) Parents.
(b) Gluttons.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Dogs.

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

3. The author considers Bill Voute a _____.
(a) King.
(b) Shyster.
(c) Derelict.
(d) Mystery.

4. 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) Sidney Homer.
(b) John Meriwether.
(c) John Gutfreund.
(d) Myron Samuels.

5. The market settles on a fair value of CMOs by comparing them with corporate and _____ bonds.
(a) Municipal.
(b) Treasury.
(c) School.
(d) Junk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Japanese in the training program are considered _____.

3. In 1979, which company specializes in junk bonds?

4. Jim Massey is considered Gutfreund's _____.

5. With whom has the author received an invitation to dine?

(see the answer key)

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