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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Blowing the Roof Off.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jack get frustrated with the plastics inventors?
(a) They don't understand entrepreneurship.
(b) All they think about his getting their products sold.
(c) They demand higher pay.
(d) They don't get excited about innovation.

2. What does Jack say his book is about?
(a) Buying his way to the top.
(b) His keen leadership abilities.
(c) Maintaining a simple approach and keeping an open mind.
(d) The wrongs he faced in corporate America.

3. Who is Jack's first professional mentor at GE?
(a) Dr. Harry Drickman.
(b) Burt Coplan.
(c) Dr. Dan Fox.
(d) Lee Iacocca.

4. What setback keeps Jack from attending one of the two colleges of his choice?
(a) His mother's health.
(b) His mother begs him not to move far away.
(c) Losing his ROTC scholarship to a friend.
(d) Rejection for an ROTC scholarship.

5. Who instills management beliefs in Jack that include both competing and facing reality?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) His grandfather.
(d) His coach.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year was Jack appointed as CEO?

2. What does Jack say in a Business Week interview that he realizes he should not change in order to make GE become more competitive?

3. How does Jack learn about current events as a child?

4. In addition to being self-confident, what else does Jack believe is a large part of leadership?

5. Who says, "When people make mistakes, the last thing they need is discipline"?

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