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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were Troob and Rolfe not ready to do as they find out what there job will be?

3. What happened to the investment banker that overvalued the company?

4. What was exciting about the DLJ training in August?

5. Depending on the size of the deal that the investment bank brokered, what fluctuated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Unfortunately for Rolfe, he rarely slept while working on pitch books. Why does he put up with this horrible lifestyle.

2. What did a typical summer associate spend much of their time doing? What this activity particularly enjoyable?

3. How did Rolfe and Troob describe top tier business schools throughout the novel?

4. Explain why this chapter was named The Merry-Go-Round.

5. Why must DLJ employees keep their bonuses a secret?

6. Of what little information the associates learned about their new jobs, what did they slowly discern was their job purpose?

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

8. Describe the organization of an investment banking firm.

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

10. Where do the summer associates work at the DLJ offices and who constantly communicates with them there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rolfe and Troob survived abuse, long work hours, ridiculous amounts of work, and aggravating travel arrangements to make a lot of money.

In your opinion, was it all worth it?

Could they have chosen different career paths that would have offered them less stress and the same amount of money?

Do you think that Rolfe and Troob should have just paid their dues in the investment banking world?

Essay Topic 2

The SEC was created to offer regulation on the financial world.

1. Describe how investment banks conducted business prior to the stock market crash of the 1920s.

2. Detail how the SEC regulated banks from the 1920's to the early 2000s.

3. After reading this book and understanding the inner workings on investment banking, explain how you think the SEC should change regulations that could help the world out of its current economic recession.

Essay Topic 3

Although it might not seem as though the book was written with a lot of literary devices, foreshadowing is used quite a lot.

List and describe four times in which foreshadowing occurs throughout the book.

Also answer, what particular event is being foreshadows.

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