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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author notices that young traders become _____ after they get onto Meriwether's trading desk.
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Hysterical.
(c) Disciples.
(d) Pudding.

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

3. In 1979, which company specializes in junk bonds?
(a) Salomon Brothers.
(b) Shearson.
(c) Drexel Burnham.
(d) Lehman.

4. Where was the author born and raised?
(a) The Deep South.
(b) London.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In any market, as in any poker game, there is a ______.

2. 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.?

3. The back row trainees at Solomon Brothers are victims of the myth that a trader is a _____.

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

5. Where does the important dinner that the author is invited to take place?

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