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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, "Go Home, Mr. Welch".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What company does Jack try to buy to increase GE's exposure?
(a) Sun Records.
(b) Fox News Network.
(c) NPR Radio.
(d) Cox Communications.

3. Why does Jack choose to build fitness centers in some facilities?
(a) He can cut employee health insurance plans.
(b) He can get an insurance kickback.
(c) It is a place everyone can use and a place to exchange thoughts and ideas.
(d) His employees are obese and need a workout.

4. What does the learning/training curriculum show its participants?
(a) That the company spends a lot on training.
(b) There is no single right way and often there is an alternate, better way.
(c) Who is being considered for promotion.
(d) That the company invests a lot on training.

5. How does Jack resolve the complaint of the employees who have trained at the GE learning center?
(a) By building another gym for employees to work out their aggressions.
(b) By sending training manuals to all employees.
(c) By closing the facility.
(d) Be developing the Work-Out program.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jack describe himself in Chapter 4 when he becomes a businessman?

2. As GE begins redefining its markets, which industry is the first to be reorganized?

3. Which company's restructuring is prefaced by government bailout and public struggle to avoid bankruptcy?

4. What is Jack's title at the new GE plastics plant?

5. Who greatly influences Jack's work ethic and fondness of current events?

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