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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Swimming in a Bigger Pond.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one business in his vice president's portfolio that Jack has no interest in at all?
(a) Semiconductors.
(b) Wind turbines.
(c) Medical plastics.
(d) Petroleum conservation.

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

3. What does Jack say in a Business Week interview that he realizes he should not change in order to make GE become more competitive?
(a) The company's investments in internship programs.
(b) The company's investments abroad.
(c) The person he is.
(d) The company's expenditures.

4. How old is Jack when he is promoted to a vice president for GE?
(a) 36.
(b) 56.
(c) 23.
(d) 43.

5. Which electrical insulator is deemed a hazardous material by the EPA?
(a) PYTs.
(b) BBCs.
(c) BCBs.
(d) PCPs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack's highest level of education when he begins working at GE?

2. What begins Jack's transition phase in Chapter 4?

3. Where does Jack choose to advertise his plant's new plastics?

4. What setback keeps Jack from attending one of the two colleges of his choice?

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

(see the answer key)

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