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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. When were some of the only times new an old associates and old associates speak their true feelings concerning DLJ?

2. How much money to junior vice presidents make per year?

3. How long were typical interviews for positions as summer associates?

4. Why did most people become analysts?

5. Many of the investment banks woo potential employees with money and __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the associates hate the people who work in the word processing department?

2. Above all else, what was important to Rolfe when he started working at DLJ?

3. When attempting to leave DLJ, how were the two men persuaded to stay?

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

5. Why did Troob become guilty after the holiday party? Why does Rolfe feel nervous about Troob's feelings?

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

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

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

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

10. Explain the daily routine of a first year associate at DLJ.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are very few women mentioned as investment bankers in the book. It quickly becomes clear to the reader that investment banking is a male dominated field.

1. Describe some of the positions that are mostly women at DLJ. Why are many of these positions non-managing titles?

2. How does the investment banking atmosphere work to reinforce typical American gender roles?

3. Besides bank employees, why are women portrayed as sexual objects to male investment bankers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1. When both men tried to leave DLJ, how were they persuaded to stay?

2. Did DLJ seem to have any interest in making the actual job of being an associate any more meaningful?

3. If they had made the job more appeasing and meaningful to Rolfe and Troob, would both men have stayed?

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