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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. What kind of man was Ed Stanley?
(a) An upper level associate with lots of money.
(b) An ugly rich old man.
(c) A rich man with lovely life and a number of golf courses.
(d) The head of the marketing department.

2. What unlikely venue did recruiters take Troob and Rolfe?
(a) A toy store.
(b) A strip club.
(c) A barbeque restaurant.
(d) A wine tasting.

3. What was another perk of signing with DLJ?
(a) Free car.
(b) A new wardrobe.
(c) A relocation bonus.
(d) Dating service membership.

4. How did summer associates get full time jobs?
(a) Did jobs in addition to investment banking.
(b) By kissing a lot of butts of superiors.
(c) They worked very hard.
(d) Ran errands for supervisors.

5. John Wolfe attended _____ while Peter Trobb attended _______ Business School.
(a) Brown; Stanford.
(b) Princeton; Yale.
(c) Wharton; Harvard.
(d) Washington University; America University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most business schools indoctrinate into their grads?

2. How did Troob and Rolfe eventually become fast friends?

3. Of all the positions, who was the lowest and most numerous?

4. Who were typically investors for new companies?

5. Who developed the pitch book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As the summer began, Troob and Rolfe looked forward to what at DLJ?

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

4. How did Troob and Rolfe console themselves after they accepted their offers? Why was it necessary to come up with excuses to stay at DLJ?

5. What did Rolfe dread more, small business trips or the road show?

6. What two things happen when managing directors brokers a deal with an outside company?

7. Why did Discounted Cash flow Analysis annoy Troob and Rolfe?

8. Why was it assumed that almost everyone would receive bonuses?

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

10. Ih an investment banker or bank no longer has the inside scoop, what happens?

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