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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Andrew Carnegie becomes known as the city's best _____________.
(a) Politician.
(b) Student.
(c) Operator.
(d) Leader.

2. How many people immigrate from the Old to the New World to embed the dream into an image of America far stronger than the success of a few like the Guggenheims and Vanderbilts?
(a) Tens of thousands.
(b) Tens of billions.
(c) Tens of millions.
(d) Hundreds.

3. Scot Andrew Carnegie became what?
(a) The laziest man in the world.
(b) The most powerful man in the world.
(c) The richest man in the world.
(d) The scariest man in the world.

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

5. In 1856, Scott advises him to buy what company as his first stock investment?
(a) Anthony Express Company.
(b) Amos Express Company.
(c) Aaron Express Company.
(d) Adams Express Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. Scott leaves Carnegie in charge when he does what?

2. During the nineteenth century American railroads are financed by bonds with over ____ percent of their earnings used to pay bond interest.

3. The Carnegies stay in their homeland as long as they can until conditions become intolerable in what town?

4. What is the town's industry in 1835?

5. Carnegie's first dividend check for ________ opens a whole new world of receiving cash from capital.

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