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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Art of War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 ______.
(a) A wealthy background.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Chutzpah.
(d) Commercial instincts.

2. 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.?
(a) Yale.
(b) University of Indiana.
(c) University of Iowa.
(d) Oberlin.

3. What is the name of the Salomon Brothers when it becomes a corporation?
(a) Salomon Brothers Incorporated.
(b) Salomon Shearson Incorporated.
(c) First Salomon Incorporated.
(d) Phibro Salomon Incorporated.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Drexel Burnham runs an ad in the Wall Street journal showing two men _____.

2. According to the author, what is Gutfreund's only noticeable affectation when he comes to speak to the trainees?

3. Which publication calls John Gutfreund the "King of Wall Street"?

4. A guiding principle of Salomon Brothers that Tom Strauss iterates to the author is that customers have _____.

5. What are the European genus, English species, of slick financial people called?

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