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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. 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 _____.
(a) Golden handcuffs.
(b) Family obligation.
(c) Contract.
(d) Unwritten loyalty.

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

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

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

5. Ranieri describes Tom Strauss as _____.
(a) A clown.
(b) A boob.
(c) A snake.
(d) A rabid dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Investment banking in America is a long-standing _____.

2. What sort of important dinner is the author invited to attend?

3. Howie Rubin is picked up by which company when he is fired from Merrill Lynch?

4. Wall Street has a river at one end and a ______ at the other.

5. Ranieri tells Gutfreund that he is selling the [mortgage bond] technology for a _____.

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