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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 company was a proxy fight that Carl Ichan lost?

2. What was a cause of the market crash of 1974?

3. Why was Milken so interested in low grade bonds?

4. What influenced Milken to become interested in low grade bond portfolios?

5. What did Carl Ichan become known as?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the beginnings of blind pools arranged by Milken.

2. Write about the relationship between Milken and Steve Wynn of the gambling industry.

3. How did HITS come about and what was it?

4. Discuss Carl Icahn's expertise in proxy fights.

5. How did Milken begin building his fortune?

6. How did Marshall Field attempt to fight Carl Icahn?

7. What was capturing Milken's interest in 1977?

8. Explain why Drexel did not become a publicly-traded company?

9. What happened that started the Merger & Acquisition craze in the late 1970s and early 1980s?

10. Give examples of people other than his staff who become quite wealthy following Milken's direction.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on personal values. Milken and his wife lived modestly and they did not flaunt their wealth. Milken appeared to be more interested in the game of making money than in the money itself. In your essay discuss what you think the relationship of money should be to one's personal values.

Essay Topic 2

Write a critique of The Predators' Ball. Include such things as how objective the author was in writing the book, how valuable it is for readers, and how well it was written for readability. Mention the people you would recommend that they read the book.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on racial and religious discrimination. Using Milken's problems in his early years because he was Jewish, express your opinion about how discrimination overlooks individual value by blanket bias against whole groups of people.

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