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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who must approve all sales and values of securities?
(a) The Fed.
(b) The government.
(c) The SEC.
(d) DLJ.

2. Instead of the copy center, where did the prospectus go to be finished?
(a) A company in Connecticut.
(b) An outsourced printer.
(c) A special printing company in Long Island.
(d) The associates print it themselves.

3. How does lack of sleep and severe jet lag affect Rolfe?
(a) Makes him hungry.
(b) He said inappropriate things.
(c) Puts him in a foul mood.
(d) He fell asleep in many meetings.

4. What occupies 40- 50% of the associates' time?
(a) Creating pamphlets.
(b) Typing meeting notes.
(c) Going back and forth with word processing.
(d) Going to business lunches.

5. Besides food, what was mostly consumed at the party?
(a) Food.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Alcohol.

6. Luckily for Rolfe's bosses, where were most of their revisions done?
(a) On a beach.
(b) From home.
(c) At Starbucks.
(d) At their children's activities.

7. What do Troob and Rolfe suggest that business school failed to teach the graduates?
(a) How to work with other people.
(b) How to compromise.
(c) How to bribe people.
(d) That they would be spending a lot of time in a copy center.

8. What were the typical hours of the copy center?
(a) Five hours a day.
(b) Only open on the weekends.
(c) 40 hours a week.
(d) 24/7.

9. How could DLJ find out about competitors' bonuses?
(a)
(b) DLJ made really good guesses.
(c) They sent spies to learn about the bonuses.
(d) They were the last company to give reviews.

10. How did DLJ try to keep Troob from leaving?
(a) Treats.
(b) Money.
(c) Manipulation and lied.
(d) Bribes.

11. Why did Troob have to constantly cancel dates with his girlfriend?
(a) Because he was cheating on her.
(b) She cheated on him.
(c) Rolfe forbid Troob to see his girl.
(d) Because of work.

12. What new job did Troob find?
(a) A job with a hedge fund.
(b) A non-profit gig.
(c) He never found a new job.
(d) Head of an insurance company.

13. Who was sworn to secrecy concerning bonuses?
(a) Managing directors.
(b) Everyone at the company.
(c) Associates.
(d) Vice presidents.

14. What happened to the older bankers?
(a) They make less money.
(b) They were unmarried, lecherous, and perverted.
(c) They try to leave for the non-sector.
(d) They die alone.

15. On average, how many times is a pitch book sent back to word processing?
(a) One.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Rolfe's disillusionment finally begin?

2. How many sections were in a prospectus?

3. After word processing, who was next in line to receive the pitch book?

4. Who was in charge of revising the pitch books?

5. At the end of Bonuses, Reviews, and Compensation, what became clear to Troob and Rolfe?

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