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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. Which subway line drops off hoards of people to their Wall Street jobs?
(a) Belmont.
(b) Morris Heights.
(c) Lexington Avenue.
(d) Bedford Park.

2. Liar's Poker has a lot in common with what aspect of Wall Street business?
(a) Stock trading.
(b) Currency trading.
(c) Bond trading.
(d) Commodities trading.

3. What is the name of the Salomon Brothers when it becomes a corporation?
(a) Salomon Brothers Incorporated.
(b) Phibro Salomon Incorporated.
(c) Salomon Shearson Incorporated.
(d) First Salomon Incorporated.

4. What practice eventually cripples Salomon Brothers?
(a) Overextension.
(b) Hypergrowth.
(c) Top heaviness.
(d) Laziness.

5. The author and Alexander orchestrate the a second security after "the opportunist" steals credit for the first involving the interest rate of which country?
(a) Japan.
(b) Singapore.
(c) Korea.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A row of Bic fine-point pens in a plastic case in the breast pocket of someone who works on Wall Street is commonly called a _____.

3. What is photocopied 126 times from The New York Times and distributed among the trainees each morning?

4. Lewis observes that the cruelty that traders bestow on everyone in their wake is _____.

5. What is the primary aspect of business that always matters most at Salomon Brothers?

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