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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jim Massey is a member of Salomon Brothers executive committee in charge of sales and presides over _____, which directly affects the future of all trainees.
(a) Testing sites.
(b) The job placement blackboard.
(c) The break room surveillance cameras.
(d) Paper evaluations.

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

3. What sort of dogs are the favorite of the British royal family?
(a) Welsh terriers.
(b) Corgis.
(c) Poodles.
(d) Dachsunds.

4. 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) John Meriwether.
(b) Sidney Homer.
(c) John Gutfreund.
(d) Myron Samuels.

5. What does Lewis see as John Gutfreund's "calling card" as he makes his rounds in the trading floor?
(a) A slap on the back.
(b) A hand-written note.
(c) Coffee grounds.
(d) Cigar ash.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the nickname of Horowitz?

3. What practice eventually cripples Salomon Brothers?

4. Traders prove their superiority in a Wall Street firm every day by doing what?

5. What is the name of the trainee who was a former U.S. Navy fighter pilot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gutfreund challenge Meriwether to Liar's Poker?

2. What is the difference between managing and trading?

3. What effect does allowing the back row of the Salomon Brothers training program to create anarchy have on the company?

4. What is meant by "no tears"?

5. How does the author manage to get a connection into Salomon Brothers?

6. Why does one of the female trainees become the first person to finally talk to the author in the training program at Salomon Brothers?

7. Why are corporate financiers considered wimps by traders?

8. What is the hard part of Liar's Poker?

9. How does Bob Dall react when he is replaced by Ranieri?

10. Why is a single home mortgage considered a messy investment for Wall Street?

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