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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Never Mention Money.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the important dinner that the author is invited to take place?
(a) Buckingham Palace.
(b) St. James Palace.
(c) Cornwall.
(d) Tintagel.

3. Lewis sees John Meriwether as successful because he has the uncanny ability to do what?
(a) Hide money.
(b) Time his trades.
(c) Hide his state of mind.
(d) Avoid bad press.

4. According to Lewis, the better an analyst gets at his job, the nearer he seems to ______.
(a) Greatness.
(b) Death.
(c) God.
(d) His dreams.

5. For the author, the stigma of getting a job through connections is worse than the stigma of ______.
(a) Getting a PhD.
(b) Starting at the bottom.
(c) Waiting tables.
(d) Unemployment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author notices that young traders become _____ after they get onto Meriwether's trading desk.

3. Traders prove their superiority in a Wall Street firm every day by doing what?

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

5. Gutfreund's wife, Susan, is spending fifteen million dollars decorating his ______ apartment.

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