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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This craft has been practiced by half its 11,000 people since when?
(a) The 18th century.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The 17th century.
(d) Medieval times.

2. With whom does Carnegie form Columbia Oil Company?
(a) William Coleman.
(b) Wilson Coleman.
(c) Willard Coleman.
(d) Wallece Coleman.

3. 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.
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eighteen.

4. What characterizes America?
(a) The "American willpower."
(b) The "American car."
(c) The "American dream."
(d) The "American pride."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In ___________, Andrew is offered a job by Tom Scott, western division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to be his secretary and personal telegrapher.

2. Erie and Pennsylvania Railroads each have ________ thousand employees trained into a disciplined workforce.

3. Coleman wants to raise the price of oil by doing what?

4. Previously Margaret Carnegie's sisters, Annie Aitken and Kitty Hogan immigrate in __________, and write of good and bad times there.

5. Whose pioneering skills in management are codified in his "Book of Rules and the Employees' Timetable?"

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