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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon accepting the offer to DLJ, what were both Troob and Rolfe given?
(a) A promise of a 20% raise in a year.
(b) A New York City apartment.
(c) A sign-on bonus.
(d) A new car.

2. What kind of firm was the investment bank that Rolfe and Troob were to work for?
(a) A new, aggressive kid on the block.
(b) An older firm.
(c) New age.
(d) Smart, caring and hardworking.

3. This job in investment banking has no hopes for advancement. Employees are paid huge salaries but for two or three years live under harsh, abusive conditions until they can go back to school for their MBA degrees.
(a) Associate.
(b) Analyst.
(c) Vice President.
(d) Managing director.

4. What word best describes the rich recruiters and their actions towards Troob, Rolfe, and the other recruits?
(a) Mean bullies.
(b) Cattle ranchers.
(c) Match-makers.
(d) Grown up frat boys.

5. What unlikely venue did recruiters take Troob and Rolfe?
(a) A wine tasting.
(b) A strip club.
(c) A barbeque restaurant.
(d) A toy store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the organizational chart of an investment bank look like?

2. If a deal is brokered between a managing director and a client, what did this mean for associates and analysts?

3. What kind of working hours did Troob and Rolfe expect?

4. What is a large investment bank a part of?

5. At this point in the book, why do Troob and Rolfe decide to stay at DLJ and work for a permanent offer?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although the hours where very long, how did DLJ "thank" its associates for all their work?

2. Ih an investment banker or bank no longer has the inside scoop, what happens?

3. What did the social events, traveling, and horrible work hours do to Troob?

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

5. In the grand scheme of a large investment bank and the financial world, what importance does a single associate have?

6. How do new, flourishing, or struggling businesses get capital to expand?

7. Why is the summer in between an MBA program critical for many students?

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

9. If a company is over valued by an investment bank, what eventually happened?

10. Upon his return to Harvard, what type of recruiters visited Troob?

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