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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When Bad Things Happen to Rich People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unit manager is called _____ by the author.
(a) Constantine.
(b) The king of projects.
(c) The jungle guide.
(d) The purveyor of wealth.

2. Where is the author living in 1984?
(a) Omaha.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

3. What is the name stockbrokers give to the day in 1976 when fixed stock brokerage commissions ended?
(a) Black Friday.
(b) Blue Monday.
(c) A green Christmas.
(d) Mayday.

4. The market settles on a fair value of CMOs by comparing them with corporate and _____ bonds.
(a) Junk.
(b) School.
(c) Treasury.
(d) Municipal.

5. What is the name of the Federal Housing Administration's approval to trade in whole loans?
(a) A put.
(b) A birdie.
(c) A bogey.
(d) An eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. For the author, the stigma of getting a job through connections is worse than the stigma of ______.

2. Which subway line drops off hoards of people to their Wall Street jobs?

3. A guiding principle of Salomon Brothers that Tom Strauss iterates to the author is that customers have _____.

4. Ranieri describes Tom Strauss as _____.

5. The ____ outlook of traders enables traders to exploit the weakness of their customers with virtual impunity.

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