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

2. What do junior vice presidents dream of?
(a) Becoming managing directors.
(b) Making friends with those who work
(c) Going to an island destination.
(d) A balanced life.

3. In investment banking, what continually happened?
(a) Clients compromise the sale of their companies.
(b) Clients sold multiple companies at once.
(c) Companies hardly buy other companies.
(d) Clients bought companies at inflated prices.

4. What do most business schools indoctrinate into their grads?
(a) Importance of a "money" culture.
(b) Having ethical business practices.
(c) How to be a good investment banker.
(d) How to party and have a good time.

5. How did the two men console themselves after accepting the offer?
(a) They will know their way around the company.
(b) A more senior position would be easier.
(c) Troob and Rolfe will have one another.
(d) They got to spend all the money the wanted.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Troob and Rolfe, creating a pitch book was __________.

2. These two positions are the most senior at an investment bank. There are extremely few of these positions at the company. They usually make six figure incomes.

3. What activity took up most of the summer associates' time?

4. What place did the recruiters think was appropriate to take Troob, Rolfe, and others?

5. The summer between an MBA program is _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To recruiters looking for summer associates, what were masters students considered?

3. Usually what crazy activities happened at the DLJ holiday party?

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

5. What causes multiple versions and edits of the pitch book to be made? Even hours before the presentation?

6. Name the sections of the pitch book and what is involved in each section.

7. How did investment bankers cut their own risk when dealing with new companies?

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

9. According to Rolfe and Troob, much of their success was tied to what group of people?

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

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