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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. By definition, an analyst's job lasts how long?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Two years.
(c) A lifetime.
(d) Six months.

2. One of the major incentives that legislators create to encourage the borrowing of money is the _____ of mortgage payments.
(a) Variability.
(b) Tax deductibility.
(c) Investment advantage.
(d) Price reduction.

3. The author characterizes the people initially involved in home mortgages as ______.
(a) Shoe salesmen.
(b) Corn farmers.
(c) Sheep ranchers.
(d) Burger flippers.

4. According to one mortgage trader, it is an accepted fact that mortgage traders have _____.
(a) Death wishes.
(b) Fishy eyes.
(c) Iron balls.
(d) No consciences.

5. What author does the author recommend to his Prussian colleagues?
(a) Sun-Tzu.
(b) Anthony Robbins.
(c) Dale Carnegie.
(d) John Suskind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the easiest people to sack from Salomon Brothers?

2. How much debt does the savings and loan companies seem to want to sell in 1981?

3. What is it called when an interviewer asks an applicant to open a high-rise window that can't be opened in a job interview?

4. Ranieri owns exactly four suits, all of them _____.

5. The author describes England as the land of ________.

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