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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Andrew succeeds in the mastery of what business techniques?
(a) New World.
(b) Old World.
(c) His parent's.
(d) His friend's.

4. In following years Carnegie gets at least ___________ for a net investment of $217.50 until 1870 when he sells out.
(a) $50.
(b) $500.
(c) $5,000.
(d) $50,000.

5. What does Andrew dislike about the oil business that seems beyond control of management until the 1880s and Rockefeller?
(a) The destructive properties of oil.
(b) The fluctuation of price.
(c) The smell, messiness and waste.
(d) The instability of the economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Machines begin taking over production with energy from _____________ independent from windmills and waterwheels.

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

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. The business is _______________ with conductors and station agents collecting millions in small coin revenue.

5. Success is due to the first president, ________________, and the superintendent of the western division, Tom Scott, who brings Andrew Carnegie into the modern system of train control.

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