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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Climb Begins.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the founder of Intel and Liz Claibourne?
(a) Hungarian Andy Grove.
(b) Cuban Roberto Goizuetta.
(c) Indian Pooja Patel.
(d) American Cuba Gooding, Jr.

2. The Carnegies stay in their homeland as long as they can until conditions become intolerable in what town?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Dunfermline.
(c) Macon.
(d) Madrid.

3. Their town is at one time known as the most radical in the kingdom, as a result of the influence of ______________ who demand concessions from Parliament, primarily political equality.
(a) World Socialist Movement.
(b) GRAPO.
(c) The Chartists.
(d) The Committee for a Workers' International.

4. Who is Cuban Roberto Goizuetta?
(a) The deceased CEO of Intel.
(b) The deceased chairman of Applebee's.
(c) The deceased chairman of Coca-Cola.
(d) The deceased president of Liz Claiborne.

5. This old craft is destroyed in _______ years, along with Will Carnegie's job and his town's main source of income.
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Andrew's opportunity to escape the coal and oil of textile mills comes through _________ asking him to become a messenger boy with a telegraph company in Pittsburgh.

3. Thirteen year-old Andrew sees his father fail while admiring whose determination to rise above it?

4. When his father dies in 1855, Andrew calls him what?

5. Within _______ years of arriving in America, the Carnegies recoup their fortune through the help of their friends, relatives, and countrymen in America and earn more income that they ever received in Scotland.

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