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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 is the name of an interview technique designed to test an applicant's nerve?
(a) The silent treatment.
(b) The yell test.
(c) Direct humiliation.
(d) Instant recall command.

2. What does Lewis see as John Gutfreund's "calling card" as he makes his rounds in the trading floor?
(a) Coffee grounds.
(b) Cigar ash.
(c) A slap on the back.
(d) A hand-written note.

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

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

5. Traders prove their superiority in a Wall Street firm every day by doing what?
(a) Taking long lunches.
(b) Destroying companies.
(c) Handling risk.
(d) Managing trainees.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The author thinks that all money men either have ______ hair or are bald.

3. What sort of dogs are the favorite of the British royal family?

4. Though he was rejected by Harvard, Gutfreund eventually graduated from ______.

5. Where does the important dinner that the author is invited to take place?

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