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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the nickname of Horowitz?
(a) Papa Horowitz.
(b) The hatchet man.
(c) The Jackknife.
(d) Uncle Dale.

4. Mark Smith enters the mortgage department in 1985 and is considered a _____ by the author.
(a) Spy.
(b) Genius.
(c) Dark horse.
(d) Mediator.

5. The front-row people in the Salomon Brothers training program are generally from which business school?
(a) Wharton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of an interview technique designed to test an applicant's nerve?

2. Who are the biggest shoppers for mortgage products?

3. When Matty Olivia leaves Salomon Brothers in a huff for the joke the mortgage guys play on him, the author attributes his return to the notion that he is bound by _____.

4. Who is chairman of the Federal Reserve in 1979?

5. What is the name stockbrokers give to the day in 1976 when fixed stock brokerage commissions ended?

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