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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Master Moneyman: A Fortune in Paper.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. James L. Shaw of the Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Company offers to buy how many shares of Keystone at three times its value, or $150,000?
(a) Ten thousand.
(b) One million.
(c) One hundred thousand.
(d) One thousand.
2. 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) A new industrial world to an old agricultural world.
(b) An old hunter and gatherer society to a new agricultural world.
(c) An old agricultural to a new industrial world.
(d) An old industrial to a new agricultural world.
3. Scott and Thomson hold stock in Carnegie's name for what reason?
(a) They are afraid to hold stock in their own.
(b) Carnegie will not allow them to hold stock in anyone else's name.
(c) To avoid impropriety for Carnegie's one-eighth interest.
(d) Carnegie is very well-known and trusted.
4. He leaves his Pittsburgh home and iron business to live in what city?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York City.
5. Scott and Thomson like the Woodruff Sleeping Car Company that owns patents in 1858 but lacks what?
(a) Financial backing.
(b) The courage and business sense to develop them.
(c) Understanding of this business.
(d) Intelligence.
Short Answer Questions
1. The triumvirate agrees to sell at once for what reason?
2. Business transactions at the time take place over what type of communication?
3. Thirteen year-old Andrew sees his father fail while admiring whose determination to rise above it?
4. Managerial skill level reached over ______________ years exceeds that of the prior five centuries.
5. During the nineteenth century American railroads are financed by bonds with over ____ percent of their earnings used to pay bond interest.
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