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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Brotherhood of Hoods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is considered the baby-sitter and organizer of the training program?
(a) John Gutfreund.
(b) Susan James.
(c) Lisa Ericsson.
(d) John Meriwether.

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

3. According to Lewis, the better an analyst gets at his job, the nearer he seems to ______.
(a) God.
(b) His dreams.
(c) Greatness.
(d) Death.

4. What floor at Salomon brothers is said to have low ceilings, no windows, and the charm of an engine room?
(a) The forty-first floor.
(b) The fortieth floor.
(c) The thirty-seventh floor.
(d) The ground floor.

5. The speaker who eventually wins the hearts and minds of the back row in the Salomon Brothers training program describes the trading floor as a _____.
(a) Ballet.
(b) Jungle.
(c) Firing squad.
(d) War zone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author living in 1984?

2. One of the major incentives that legislators create to encourage the borrowing of money is the _____ of mortgage payments.

3. A trainee asks Horowitz about Salomon Brother's being blacklisted by whom?

4. When Matty Olivia leaves Salomon Brothers in a huff for the joke the mortgage guys play on him, the author attributes his return to the notion that he is bound by _____.

5. 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 ______.

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