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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How do Troob and Rolfe feel about leaving DLJ?
(a) Overjoyed.
(b) Sad they do not have as much money.
(c) Unwilling.
(d) Confused about their decisions.

3. If there were issues with the pitch book how did one make sure to get changes completed and reprinted?
(a) Bribery.
(b) Treats.
(c) Complaining to supervisors.
(d) Compliments.

4. Why do all associates wait eagerly for their reviews?
(a) Reviews were generally kind.
(b) It was a shorter work day.
(c) Reviews determined raises.
(d) They got presents for Christmas.

5. At the end of Bonuses, Reviews, and Compensation, what became clear to Troob and Rolfe?
(a) Employees don't matter to DLJ. They will use associates like commodities.
(b) They would never be able to make more money in another field.
(c) No one received a raise.
(d) DLJ is the best company to work for.

6. Getting on the bad side of the copy center was ___________.
(a) Put the workers in their place.
(b) To commit career suicide.
(c) Angered superiors.
(d)

7. No ___________ is spared in printing the prospectus.
(a) Inconvenience.
(b) Down time.
(c) Time.
(d) Expense.

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

9. What happened when most of the senior execs left for the night at the end of a long work day?
(a) The associates had a party.
(b) Everyone went to dinner.
(c) Associates and analysts decided to go home.
(d) The real work began.

10. How many sections were in a prospectus?
(a) Thirteen sections.
(b) Twenty sections.
(c) Ten sections.
(d) Three sections.

11. What did Rolfe receive very little _____ throughout the development of pitches?
(a) Valuable time with friends.
(b) Relationships with love interests.
(c) Alone time.
(d) Sleep.

12. After both men left the company, how did they feel about themselves and their lives?
(a) Matured and satisfied with life.
(b) Rejected.
(c) Ten years older, abused, and used.
(d) Happy.

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

14. How did Rolfe and Troob maintain a good relationship with the copy center?
(a) Pizza, beer, and food on late night shifts.
(b) Taking them for joy rides in company cars.
(c) Inviting the workers to happy hour.
(d) Visiting the workers on off hours.

15. What was the associates' creative time?
(a) A chance to creare
(b) A time to draw pictures.
(c) Pitch books developed and comps were updated.
(d) Time to their develop pitches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the older bankers?

2. Who were the majority of the people in the word processing department?

3. What do potential investors rely on during a prospectus presentation?

4. What were the typical hours of the copy center?

5. How much time could an associate expect to spend at work per week?

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