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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Climb Ends.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Only how many of the original nine partners remain?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. The process takes longer than expected, but by 1868 production begins, and expansion is planned in what year?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1892.

3. 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) Stockholders.
(c) Employees.
(d) Executives.

4. He installs a blast furnace called________ in 1872 to produce 13.361 tons initially and eventually over 100,000 tons annually by maximizing output.
(a) "Luke."
(b) "Larry."
(c) "Lenny."
(d) "Lucy."

5. By the age of __________ Carnegie manages a complex, multi-unit industrial enterprise and capitalizes on knowing the value of money based on what it can earn.
(a) Thirty-eight.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty-eight.
(d) Twenty-five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carnegie's ideas about machines, individual success and the American political system contribute to the development and growth of what?

2. The business is _______________ with conductors and station agents collecting millions in small coin revenue.

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

4. This approach introduces ______________ into pricing and a methodology for investment planning.

5. 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.

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