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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How Can We Make You Happier?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bob Dall and Stephen Joseph create the first _____ of mortgage securities.
(a) Public offering.
(b) Private issue.
(c) Successful recall.
(d) Legislative block.

2. In the bond market, unlike the stock market, ______ are not openly stated.
(a) Interest rates.
(b) Commissions.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Share quantities.

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

4. "The opportunist" is sane in every respect except that his _____ was stratospheric.
(a) Accumulated debt.
(b) Self-importance.
(c) Accumulated wealth.
(d) Self-loathing.

5. Michael Milken invents the _____.
(a) IPO.
(b) Mortgage Bond.
(c) Junk bond.
(d) Municipal bond.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, investment banking candidates are expected to be _______.

2. What does Lewis see as John Gutfreund's "calling card" as he makes his rounds in the trading floor?

3. Which subway line drops off hoards of people to their Wall Street jobs?

4. Who is considered the baby-sitter and organizer of the training program?

5. In 1979, which company specializes in junk bonds?

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