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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, Too Full of Myself.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take Jack and his team to find a solution to their new plastics product?
(a) Six months.
(b) Six long years.
(c) Six days.
(d) Sixteen months.

2. To whom does GE sell its investment banking firm?
(a) Paine-Webber.
(b) Carpenter-Welch.
(c) Kidder, Peabody.
(d) Chase, Manhattan.

3. How does investment banker Joseph Jett rip off the company?
(a) He takes money from the corporate safe.
(b) He installs a computer virus company wide.
(c) He makes fictitious trades to inflate his own bonus.
(d) He takes all the office supplies and leaves with them.

4. Who says, "When people make mistakes, the last thing they need is discipline"?
(a) Reed.
(b) Jack.
(c) Coplan.
(d) Gutoff.

5. Once the investment banking firm situation is stabilized, who takes over?
(a) Jack Welch.
(b) Jack Webber.
(c) Si Cathcart.
(d) Mike Carpenter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two new-hires become important advisers to Jack for the remainder of his career with the company?

2. What attitude best describes the investment banking firm employees?

3. Who blows up one of GE's factories?

4. Why does Jack choose to build fitness centers in some facilities?

5. Who throws a huge party for Jack to introduce him to important people?

(see the answer key)

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