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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Carnegies stay in their homeland as long as they can until conditions become intolerable in what town?
(a) Macon.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Dunfermline.

2. With whom does Carnegie form Columbia Oil Company?
(a) William Coleman.
(b) Willard Coleman.
(c) Wallece Coleman.
(d) Wilson Coleman.

3. What is the town's industry in 1835?
(a) Hand weaving.
(b) Silk weaving.
(c) Basket weaving.
(d) Knitting.

4. This craft has been practiced by half its 11,000 people since when?
(a) Medieval times.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The 18th century.
(d) The 17th century.

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

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. Except for Tom, the youngest who is in school, Will and Margaret go to work by weaving and shoe-binding, and Andrew as what in a textile mill?

3. Carnegie's ideas about machines, individual success and the American political system contribute to the development and growth of what?

4. What does Andrew dislike about the oil business that seems beyond control of management until the 1880s and Rockefeller?

5. Who was the founder of Intel and Liz Claibourne?

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