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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The face of Dale Horowitz reminds the author of whom?

2. The author thinks that all money men either have ______ hair or are bald.

3. Where does the important dinner that the author is invited to take place?

4. More than any other firm on Wall Street, Salomon Brothers is run by _______.

5. Which publication calls John Gutfreund the "King of Wall Street"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the "3-6-3 Club"?

2. What is meant by "no tears"?

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

4. What happens as a result of the surge in the number of students who get economics degrees?

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

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. Describe the home-buying imbalance of the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt.

8. What does Lewis see as being the first inalienable right of the Salomon Brothers trainee?

9. How does the author compare economics to art history?

10. What is unfortunate about the position Susan James has acquired at Salomon Brothers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the author's first day at work at Salomon Brothers. What is his perception of the physical street called Wall Street? What is he there to do? What is the difference between his arrival and the other people in his position?

Essay Topic 2

How does the Glass-Steagall Act of 1934 cleave the banking industry in two? What two sectors of banking are created as a result of the act? What functions do these two sectors serve? How are the two sectors of banking perceived by the author?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the deal that the author and Alexander create on the security they invent involving German interest rates. How does the "the opportunist" offer to help them? How does "the opportunist" try to take credit for their idea? How does the author retaliate and what is the final outcome of the situation?

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