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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Master Moneyman: A Fortune in Paper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The triumvirate agrees to sell at once for what reason?
(a) It is the most logical plan.
(b) They want to get rid of shares.
(c) Since it has no dollar investment in the transaction.
(d) There are no better offers.

2. _____________ is the focal point that straddles the east-west route where the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers join at the Ohio River.
(a) Youngstown.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Pittsburgh.

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

4. Who is Cuban Roberto Goizuetta?
(a) The deceased chairman of Applebee's.
(b) The deceased CEO of Intel.
(c) The deceased chairman of Coca-Cola.
(d) The deceased president of Liz Claiborne.

5. Margaret Carnegie's sister precedes her move to America and Annie Aitken provides them what?
(a) Rent-free housing.
(b) Low-rent housing.
(c) Food.
(d) Employment.

Short Answer 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.

2. A typical pattern in the ____________ century is that a community builds up around a few pioneers who leave their homeland and then encourage friends and relatives to join them.

3. Previously Margaret Carnegie's sisters, Annie Aitken and Kitty Hogan immigrate in __________, and write of good and bad times there.

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

5. 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.

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