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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When Bad Things Happen to Rich People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ronald O. Perelman is a hostile trader who took over which cosmetics company?
(a) Smashbox.
(b) Revlon.
(c) L'Oreal.
(d) Maybelline.

2. Lewis observes that the cruelty that traders bestow on everyone in their wake is _____.
(a) Personal.
(b) Illegal.
(c) Ceremonial.
(d) Permanent.

3. What is the nickname of Horowitz?
(a) The Jackknife.
(b) Papa Horowitz.
(c) The hatchet man.
(d) Uncle Dale.

4. A trainee asks Horowitz about Salomon Brother's being blacklisted by whom?
(a) Catholics.
(b) Arabs.
(c) South Africans.
(d) Canadians.

5. The people at Salomon Brothers never find the person who leaked the firings there to the press, dubbed _____ by the author.
(a) Benedict Arnold.
(b) Watergate.
(c) The Bond Traitor.
(d) Deep Throat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A trainee asks Horowitz about why the company's largest shareholder is from which country?

3. What is a phrase the author uses to describe Meriwether's value to Salomon Brothers?

4. The author observes that Strauss doesn't seem to like Ranieri's lack of _____.

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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