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

2. What is the name of the trainee who was a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot?
(a) Max Johnson.
(b) Mike Lewis.
(c) Susan James.
(d) Joe Friedman.

3. What is the name of the standard of one hundred cents on the dollar?
(a) Whole life.
(b) Coupon rate.
(c) Par.
(d) Whole dividend.

4. The Japanese in the training program are considered _____.
(a) A protected species.
(b) Expendable.
(c) Highly alert.
(d) A ruthless cult.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Salomon Brothers expense account is used as a _____ compensation system.

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

5. What is the name of an interview technique designed to test an applicant's nerve?

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