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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thirteen year-old Andrew sees his father fail while admiring whose determination to rise above it?
(a) His mother's.
(b) His aunt's.
(c) His uncle's.
(d) His brother's.

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

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

4. 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?
(a) A shoe-binder.
(b) An errand boy.
(c) A bobbin boy.
(d) A weaver.

5. Carnegie's first dividend check for ________ opens a whole new world of receiving cash from capital.
(a) $40.
(b) $10.
(c) $80.
(d) $20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What demand adequate cash flow and net income for operating expenses and a dividend sufficient to maintain and attract capital to grow?

2. _____________ is the focal point that straddles the east-west route where the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers join at the Ohio River.

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

4. Railroads need huge amounts of what to construct track and more as they expand?

5. Carnegie perfects business techniques to transform an iron and steel industry comprised of many small producers into what for the first time?

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