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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Andrew needs a strong leader to manage growth after what happens to his brother Tom?
(a) He dies.
(b) He moves.
(c) He becomes ill.
(d) He retires.

2. He forms an informal investing ____________ with Thomson and Scott.
(a) Quadrumvirate.
(b) Duumvirate.
(c) Triumvirate.
(d) Quintumvirate.

3. In _________, the transcontinental Union Pacific seeks bids from sleeping car companies for its expansion.
(a) 1877.
(b) 1867.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1864.

4. Andrew Carnegie's last bond financing sale comes in July, _______ when he sells $6 million in bonds to Sulzbach Brothers, who buy bonds reluctantly, with Carnegie's encouragement.
(a) 1872.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1882.

5. Railroads need huge amounts of what to construct track and more as they expand?
(a) Trust.
(b) Equipment.
(c) Capital.
(d) Technological understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carnegie proposes they cooperate rather than bid against each other and suggests what be the joint venture?

2. When his father dies in 1855, Andrew calls him what?

3. Carnegie eliminates the costly fire insurance on his wooden buildings by replacing them with what?

4. A new competitor, ________________ , decides a lavishly decorated "rolling palace" may have an edge, and by 1867 he has forty-eight in service.

5. Coleman wants to raise the price of oil by doing what?

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