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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Railroads link Pittsburgh to the Atlantic coast and eventually to the Pacific coast, with the _______________ the best of them all.
(a) BNSF Railway Company.
(b) Union Pacific.
(c) CSX Corporation.
(d) Pennsylvania Railroad.

3. Business transactions at the time take place over what type of communication?
(a) Telegraphic.
(b) Letter.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Internet.

4. Whose pioneering skills in management are codified in his "Book of Rules and the Employees' Timetable?"
(a) Duane McMahon's.
(b) Darrel McAllister's.
(c) David McClure's.
(d) Daniel McCallum's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The size and complexity of a railroad business requires creation of bureaucratic organization, structure, and what else?

5. He forms an informal investing ____________ with Thomson and Scott.

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