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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. More than any other firm on Wall Street, Salomon Brothers is run by _______.
(a) Analysts.
(b) Traders.
(c) Mutual fund managers.
(d) Corporate finance.

2. Lewis states that analysts don't analyze anything; they are just _____ to corporate financiers.
(a) Slaves.
(b) Secretaries.
(c) Coffee makers.
(d) Sounding boards.

3. 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.?
(a) University of Iowa.
(b) University of Indiana.
(c) Oberlin.
(d) Yale.

4. What is the name stockbrokers give to the day in 1976 when fixed stock brokerage commissions ended?
(a) Black Friday.
(b) A green Christmas.
(c) Blue Monday.
(d) Mayday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes England as the land of ________.

2. What is a phrase the author uses to describe Meriwether's value to Salomon Brothers?

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

4. Massey is not looking for curious minds among trainees, he is looking for _____.

5. By definition, an analyst's job lasts how long?

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