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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Apprentice Manager.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1849 when he takes the job, Carnegie is at the beginning of a period when capital, manpower and technology in the United States transitions from __________________.
(a) An old agricultural to a new industrial world.
(b) An old hunter and gatherer society to a new agricultural world.
(c) An old industrial to a new agricultural world.
(d) A new industrial world to an old agricultural world.

2. By ________, the Pennsylvania Railroad runs 3,500 miles of track with 30,000 employees and $61 million invested.
(a) 1860.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1870.

3. When his father dies in 1855, Andrew calls him what?
(a) A man not of the world.
(b) A man of the world.
(c) A loser.
(d) An embarrassment.

4. Seeds of ambivalence develop within Andrew to appreciate what ideas?
(a) His friend's.
(b) Old World.
(c) New World.
(d) His parent's.

5. Thirteen year-old Andrew sees his father fail while admiring whose determination to rise above it?
(a) His uncle's.
(b) His brother's.
(c) His aunt's.
(d) His mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carnegie works ___________ years at the Pennsylvania Railroad while he develops managerial skill, economic principles and personal relationships to become a successful manager, capitalist and entrepreneur.

2. Railroad ______________ run the trains, maintain rolling stock and track, price and collect charges for service on passenger and freight trains running in both directions to meet demand.

3. Carnegie becomes an expert in Pittsburgh's _____________ business.

4. Railroads link Pittsburgh to the Atlantic coast and eventually to the Pacific coast, with the _______________ the best of them all.

5. Managerial skill level reached over ______________ years exceeds that of the prior five centuries.

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