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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. The author thinks that all money men either have ______ hair or are bald.
(a) Dark.
(b) Receding.
(c) Blond.
(d) Red.

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 _____.
(a) Nerd pack.
(b) Platoon.
(c) Badge of honor.
(d) Cigarette pack.

3. The author notices that young traders become _____ after they get onto Meriwether's trading desk.
(a) Intellectuals.
(b) Disciples.
(c) Hysterical.
(d) Pudding.

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

5. In 1986, forty percent of Yale's graduating class apply to which bank?
(a) Lehman Brothers.
(b) First Boston.
(c) Citibank.
(d) Shearson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. There are 287 books about bonds in the New York Public Library and most of them are about _____.

3. Liar's Poker has a lot in common with what aspect of Wall Street business?

4. What is it called when an interviewer asks an applicant to open a high-rise window that can't be opened in a job interview?

5. What practice eventually cripples Salomon Brothers?

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