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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Adult Education.

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

2. A trainee asks Horowitz about why the company's largest shareholder is from which country?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Australia.
(c) Israel.
(d) South Africa.

3. As Lewis gets more experience at Salomon Brothers, he realizes that an inexplicable aspect of studying to be an investment banker is that _______ serves no function in an investment bank.
(a) Economic theory.
(b) A college degree.
(c) Politeness.
(d) Making plans.

4. What dollar amount does Meriwether counter Gutfreund's bet with?
(a) Ten million dollars.
(b) A quarter of a million dollars.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) Forty-one thousand dollars.

5. Massey is not looking for curious minds among trainees, he is looking for _____.
(a) Bulls.
(b) Obsequious coffee-getters.
(c) Cult followers.
(d) Cookie-cutter versions of himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which department at Salomon Brothers is considered "the sleepy backwater"?

2. Gutfreund's challenging of Meriwether to a game of Liar's Poker is his way of showing he is ______.

3. More than any other firm on Wall Street, Salomon Brothers is run by _______.

4. From what school does Leonard Bublick, the trainee who gets hit in the head with a paper wad thrown by the former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, get his M.B.A.?

5. A challenge in Liar's Poker is like saying _______.

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