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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In ___________, Andrew is offered a job by Tom Scott, western division superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to be his secretary and personal telegrapher.
(a) 1858.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1862.

3. 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.

4. Erie and Pennsylvania Railroads each have ________ thousand employees trained into a disciplined workforce.
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

5. It is _______________ private business firm in the world and is called "the standard railroad of the world."
(a) The smallest.
(b) One of the smallest.
(c) The largest.
(d) One of the largest.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Railroad receipts increase from $40 million in 1851 to _____________ fifteen years later in 1867.

3. Carnegie becomes an expert in Pittsburgh's _____________ business.

4. In 1849 when he takes the job, Carnegie is at the beginning of a period when capital, manpower and technology in the United States transitions from __________________.

5. Will is unable to catch on to new opportunities and reverts back to weaving and selling his wares on the street, which does what?

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