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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. Ranieri is characterized by the author as perhaps the first _____ in the history of Wall Street.
(a) Populist.
(b) Communist.
(c) Confedrate.
(d) Democrat.

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. Which leading bond analyst from Salomon Brothers gives a speech at the Wharton School about how he can't get women to pay attention to him at cocktail parties?
(a) Sidney Homer.
(b) Myron Samuels.
(c) John Gutfreund.
(d) John Meriwether.

4. According to the author, all a man has in the markets is his _____.
(a) Word and honor.
(b) Wits.
(c) Drive and determination.
(d) Gall.

5. The back row trainees at Solomon Brothers are victims of the myth that a trader is a _____.
(a) Savage.
(b) Dictator.
(c) Quarterback.
(d) Messiah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Salomon Brothers: Advance to Leadership, Gutfreund is cast as what type of figure?

3. CMO's are divided into slices, or _____.

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.

5. In New York, when a trader is starting out, the excitement of being part of the action comes at the price _____.

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