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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Learning to Love Your Corporate Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Lewis gets more experience at Salomon Brothers, he realizes that an inexplicable aspect of studying to be an investment banker is that _______ serves no function in an investment bank.
(a) Politeness.
(b) Making plans.
(c) A college degree.
(d) Economic theory.

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

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

5. What sort of dogs are the favorite of the British royal family?
(a) Poodles.
(b) Welsh terriers.
(c) Dachsunds.
(d) Corgis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, the reason Wall Street has initially ignored his resume is that all the representatives from large firms say that he lacks ______.

2. For a great player of Liar's Poker, ______ is the easy part of the game.

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

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

5. 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 _____.

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