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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. To the recruiters, what were Troob and Rolfe?
(a) Easy targets to get recruited.
(b) Another deal or project to close.
(c) Lackeys.
(d) Stupid young men looking to make money.

2. What did many recruiters like to do while traveling?
(a) Went to expensive dinners.
(b) Clubbing.
(c) Relax and got massages.
(d) Played golf.

3. What is the main goal of a managing director?
(a) Find opportunities abroad.
(b) To get famous clients.
(c) Bring in a big fee for the company.
(d) Travel for the company.

4. At this point in the book, why do Troob and Rolfe decide to stay at DLJ and work for a permanent offer?
(a) They did not have any other options.
(b) They wishes to create good opportunities from themselves at DLJ.
(c) It might make the associates more attractive to other firms.
(d) Troob does not think he will get hired anywhere else.

5. Although vice presidents make associates difficult lives, associates cooperate because the vice presidents _______.
(a) Were (underneath it all) sweet people.
(b) Are unhappy people.
(c) Make all the most executive decisions.
(d) Controlled their raises and bonuses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In theory, what were analysts supposed to provide?

2. As far as pitch books, who was very difficult to work for?

3. Who acts extremely rude and perverse on a social night out?

4. This is an upper position at an investment bank. There are usually plenty of these positions, but they must put in very long hours to be promoted.

5. How many summer associates worked at DLJ that summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did MBA students like Troob and Rolfe work to get summer positions at firms?

2. What is different about printing the prospectus versus printing the pitch book.

3. Unfortunately for associates, what takes priority over any other job they might have been assigned?

4. How long was training for each new class at DLJ and what did they learn?

5. How has investment banking changed from the Great Depression until the printing of the book?

6. How do the Rolfe and Troob's personal accounts of interviews and the recruiters personalities create a humorous mood?

7. If a company is over valued by an investment bank, what eventually happened?

8. What are do the first two sections of the prospectus comprised of?

9. Why are senior vice presidents important to investment banks?

10. When the new graduates met together, what did they learn about one another?

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