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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 did Milken demand from everyone around him?

2. To Drexel, what did certain concessions to clients mean?

3. Where was most of Drexel's money made through investment partnerships?

4. How was Drexel being spoken of after the success of so many hostile takeovers?

5. What happened to the plan for moving to the Seven World Trade Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evolved after many customers first dealt with Milken?

2. How widespread was Milken's competition by the fall of 1986?

3. What was Ronald Perelman's purpose for acquiring Pantry Pride?

4. How did Milken disagree with the idea that liquidity was scarce?

5. How was favoritism shown at Drexel?

6. How did Drexel achieve god-like status with investors?

7. Describe Milken's goals for the Asian markets.

8. State some of the details about Milken's being investigated for insider trading.

9. Before Revlon, what had been Perelman's biggest success?

10. How was Drexel involved in the Ivan Boesky charges?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the value of competition. Using the meteoric rise of Drexel in the junk bond business, note how the competition attempted to imitate its success. In your paper, discuss how competition leads to greater achievements and better products.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write a paper on some of the most interesting things you learned about the bond market from reading The Predators' Ball. In your paper explain whether what you learned makes you want to learn more about investing and why.

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