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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Andrew goes to night school in bookkeeping at what age?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Sixteen.

2. Carnegie perfects business techniques to transform an iron and steel industry comprised of many small producers into what for the first time?
(a) Small business.
(b) Government-controlled business.
(c) No business.
(d) Big business.

3. Machines begin taking over production with energy from _____________ independent from windmills and waterwheels.
(a) Electric steam boilers.
(b) Coal-fired steam boilers.
(c) Oil-burning steam boilers.
(d) Wood-burning steam boilers.

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

5. When his father dies in 1855, Andrew calls him what?
(a) A man of the world.
(b) A loser.
(c) An embarrassment.
(d) A man not of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. A typical pattern in the ____________ century is that a community builds up around a few pioneers who leave their homeland and then encourage friends and relatives to join them.

2. Seeds of ambivalence develop within Andrew to appreciate what ideas?

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

4. 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.

5. Carnegie's career begins on July 15, 1848, when he and his family, parents Will, Margaret and his brother Tom, do what?

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