1. Gutfreund's wife, Susan, is spending fifteen million dollars decorating his ______ apartment.
(a) London
(b) Paris
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Long Island.

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

3. 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?
(a) The stress interview.
(b) Hazing.
(c) Trapped rat syndrome.
(d) Exit analysis.

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

5. The author describes England as the land of ________.
(a) Limp paychecks.
(b) Haggis.
(c) Long lines.
(d) Royal watchers.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what school does Leonard Bublick, the trainee who gets hit in the head with a paper wad thrown by the former U.S. Navy fighter pilot, get his M.B.A.?

2. Wall Street has a river at one end and a ______ at the other.

3. Lewis states that analysts don't analyze anything; they are just _____ to corporate financiers.

4. Gutfreund's first love is ______.

5. The face of Dale Horowitz reminds the author of whom?

(see the answer key)

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