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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapter 8, Icahn-TWA: From Greenmailer to Manager-Owner.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it called when someone holds a financial advantage over a company to force a sale?
(a) greenmail
(b) proxy fighting
(c) investment banking
(d) hijacking

2. Where did Milken and his wife buy a house?
(a) Beverley Hills
(b) San Clemente
(c) Encino
(d) Santa Monica

3. What was the advantage FIFI and other like funds offer?
(a) simplicity of buying
(b) better availability
(c) a higher yield than Treasury bonds
(d) more security than Treasury bonds

4. How did Milken break into the Las Vegas gambling business community?
(a) Milken helped Steve Wynn raise the funds he needed to build in Atlantic City.
(b) Milken traveled every weekend to gamble in Las Vegas.
(c) Milken lowered his commissions to get large casino business.
(d) Milken showed the casino owners how they could double their income.

5. What was Milken's problem with back office people at Drexel?
(a) He did not understand their work.
(b) He could not communicate with them.
(c) He was less educated than they were.
(d) He did not work well with Jewish people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Keeping New York office hours, at what time did they begin work in L. A.?

2. To find more ways for their clients to make money, to what did Milken and Joseph turn their attention?

3. What was Milken's biggest contribution to Drexel in the early years?

4. What government regulation made it easier for multiple mergers in the 1980s?

5. Who was Dr. Feelgood of Drexel?

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