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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. What was exciting about the DLJ training in August?

2. What does the organizational chart of an investment bank look like?

3. When an associate worked on a pitch book, what could they always count on?

4. How did the pitch book have to be designed?

5. At the time the book was published, what does the average upper level investment banker make?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the Merry-Go-Round, what is a major part of developing a pitch book?

4. What is remarkable about Les Newton?

5. What is similar about Comparable Multiples Analysis and Discounted Cash flow Analysis?

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

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

8. What are the two services that many investment bankers offer to their clients?

9. Why was Rolfe turned down by all the investment banks while Troob received an offer from DLJ?

10. Unfortunately, for the associates, how did they usually learn that they had to bribe the copy center?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Rolfe and Troob.

Consider the following about each characters personality:

- Work ethic

- Education background

- Personal life

- Views on business accountability

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Disillusionment is a theme that continually appears throughout the novel. As characters realize the true nature of their jobs, they are full of disappointment, anger, abused, and regretful:

Analyze three different times where Rolfe and Troob experience disillusionment with DLJ.

Describe the four phases they experienced.

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