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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Andrew's job delivering telegraph messages puts him in touch with whom?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) People of varying races.
(c) Many irate individuals.
(d) Business producers on their way to national prominence.

3. Carnegie becomes an expert in Pittsburgh's _____________ business.
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Mining.
(c) Commercial.
(d) Financial.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This old craft is destroyed in _______ years, along with Will Carnegie's job and his town's main source of income.

2. Margaret Carnegie's sister precedes her move to America and Annie Aitken provides them what?

3. 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 __________________.

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

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