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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Master Builder: A Structure of Steel.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carnegie's first dividend check for ________ opens a whole new world of receiving cash from capital.
(a) $40.
(b) $10.
(c) $80.
(d) $20.

2. Carnegie meets John Piper in 1856 in order to build _______ bridges, instead of wooden bridges that can be set afire from locomotive sparks and are not cost-effective beyond a certain span and load factor.
(a) Iron.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Gold.
(d) Steel.

3. In _________, the transcontinental Union Pacific seeks bids from sleeping car companies for its expansion.
(a) 1864.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1877.

4. Managerial skill level reached over ______________ years exceeds that of the prior five centuries.
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty.

5. What does Andrew dislike about the oil business that seems beyond control of management until the 1880s and Rockefeller?
(a) The destructive properties of oil.
(b) The fluctuation of price.
(c) The instability of the economy.
(d) The smell, messiness and waste.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1856, Scott advises him to buy what company as his first stock investment?

2. He leaves his Pittsburgh home and iron business to live in what city?

3. Business transactions at the time take place over what type of communication?

4. Carnegie rises from bobbin boy at __________ per week in 1850 to railroad superintendent at $2,400 per year in 1865.

5. In following years Carnegie gets at least ___________ for a net investment of $217.50 until 1870 when he sells out.

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