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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Triumph and Tragedy.

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) Twelve.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eighteen.

2. It is _______________ private business firm in the world and is called "the standard railroad of the world."
(a) One of the smallest.
(b) One of the largest.
(c) The largest.
(d) The smallest.

3. Carnegie hires the expert ____________ to put the Bessemer program in place and function as its works superintendent.
(a) Tom Scott.
(b) Alexander Holley.
(c) J. Edgar Hoover.
(d) John D. Rockefeller.

4. Scot Andrew Carnegie became what?
(a) The laziest man in the world.
(b) The richest man in the world.
(c) The most powerful man in the world.
(d) The scariest man in the world.

5. Railroad ______________ run the trains, maintain rolling stock and track, price and collect charges for service on passenger and freight trains running in both directions to meet demand.
(a) Managers.
(b) Executives.
(c) Employees.
(d) Stockholders.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Cyclops and Union Mills merger reduces time and labor cost of moving material and eliminates middlemen by _________ integration.

2. Andrew begins to see the railroad industry as an opportunity to regain what?

3. Carnegie promotes expanding with other Pennsylvania-controlled franchises through Scott and assures construction in his contracting business by bartering Pacific stock for construction costs with ___________ exchange rates.

4. Holley's pre-production estimates and Shinn's voucher system provides Carnegie's Edgar Thomson Works with accurate profitability in its ________ month of operation.

5. Frick shares Carnegie's vision and drive but is self-righteous and lacks what?

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