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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carnegie works ___________ years at the Pennsylvania Railroad while he develops managerial skill, economic principles and personal relationships to become a successful manager, capitalist and entrepreneur.
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

2. In 1856, Scott advises him to buy what company as his first stock investment?
(a) Anthony Express Company.
(b) Adams Express Company.
(c) Aaron Express Company.
(d) Amos Express Company.

3. 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.
(a) Six.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

5. Carnegie is cautious in his investments by limiting them to what?
(a) Firms he knows about that are related to the Pennsylvania Railroad.
(b) Small firms.
(c) Firms his friends suggest.
(d) Firms he has studied for several months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carnegie meets John Piper in 1856 in order to build _______ bridges, instead of wooden bridges that can be set afire from locomotive sparks and are not cost-effective beyond a certain span and load factor.

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

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

4. Carnegie's first dividend check for ________ opens a whole new world of receiving cash from capital.

5. Andrew Carnegie becomes known as the city's best _____________.

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