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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much are word processors paid an hour?
(a) $20.
(b) $19.
(c) $50.
(d) $10.

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

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

4. Who gives the final command to print the prospectus?
(a) The associate.
(b) The managing director.
(c) The client.
(d) The president of the company.

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

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

7. In The Merry-Go-Round, how many hours were usually left between the completion of edits of the pitch book until the presentation of the book?
(a) 20 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 12 hours.
(d) 5 hours.

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

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

10. On a trip with DLJ, what must have back up?
(a) Hotel rooms.
(b) All travel arrangements.
(c) Dinner reservations.
(d) Car reservations.

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

12. In addition to edits, what else would upper management request changes on?
(a) Header and Footer on each page.
(b) The bibliography.
(c) Charts, graphs, and pictures.
(d) Text.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when most of the senior execs left for the night at the end of a long work day?

2. What was the associates' creative time?

3. What are other outlandish gifts that an associate might give a copy center worker?

4. How did the word processors perform their jobs?

5. So long as he was in the banking business, what would Troob not have?

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