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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. Wall Street has a river at one end and a ______ at the other.
(a) Graveyard.
(b) Pot of gold.
(c) Cesspool.
(d) Train station.

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) Economic theory.
(b) Making plans.
(c) A college degree.
(d) Politeness.

3. Gutfreund's first love is ______.
(a) Philosophizing.
(b) Managing.
(c) Posing for photo ops.
(d) Trading.

4. For a great player of Liar's Poker, ______ is the easy part of the game.
(a) Reading people.
(b) Lying.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The front-row people in the Salomon Brothers training program are generally from which business school?

2. Gutfreund's challenging of Meriwether to a game of Liar's Poker is his way of showing he is ______.

3. With whom has the author received an invitation to dine?

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

5. The code of Liar's Poker is something like the code of the ______.

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