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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 the name of an interview technique designed to test an applicant's nerve?
(a) The silent treatment.
(b) The yell test.
(c) Direct humiliation.
(d) Instant recall command.

2. To create a CMO, hundreds of millions of dollars in ordinary mortgage bonds are placed in a _____.
(a) Trust.
(b) Certificate of Deposit.
(c) Retirement account.
(d) Pension fund.

3. 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 ______.
(a) Motivation.
(b) A wealthy background.
(c) Chutzpah.
(d) Commercial instincts.

4. A trainee asks Horowitz about Salomon Brother's being blacklisted by whom?
(a) South Africans.
(b) Catholics.
(c) Arabs.
(d) Canadians.

5. Ranieri says Bill Voute always has a _____.
(a) Biting wit.
(b) Political agenda.
(c) Need to pick at people.
(d) Sportscar image.

Short Answer Questions

1. What floor at Salomon brothers is said to have low ceilings, no windows, and the charm of an engine room?

2. Rich Shuster is a thrift salesman in which Salomon Brothers office before coming to work for Ranieri?

3. What is photocopied 126 times from The New York Times and distributed among the trainees each morning?

4. People who do imitations of Michael Mortara often sound like _____.

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

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