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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is considered the baby-sitter and organizer of the training program?
(a) Lisa Ericsson.
(b) John Gutfreund.
(c) John Meriwether.
(d) Susan James.

3. Lewie Ranieri is doing what when he is called in by Gutfreund to take over the mortgage department?
(a) Trading government bonds.
(b) Working in the mailroom.
(c) Trading utility bonds.
(d) Trading equities.

4. Drexel Burnham runs an ad in the Wall Street journal showing two men _____.
(a) Eating fast food.
(b) Running up a hill.
(c) At a boxing match.
(d) On a tandem bicycle.

5. People who do imitations of Michael Mortara often sound like _____.
(a) Jimmy Swaggert.
(b) Ronald Reagan.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) Marlon Brando.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the trainee who was a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot?

2. Jim Massey is a member of Salomon Brothers executive committee in charge of sales and presides over _____, which directly affects the future of all trainees.

3. Bob Dall and Stephen Joseph create the first _____ of mortgage securities.

4. The senior mortgage traders maintain that their abuse of trainees leads to _____.

5. Lewis states that analysts don't analyze anything; they are just _____ to corporate financiers.

(see the answer key)

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