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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Neutron Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the response of Jack's boss when Jack complains about his first pay raise?
(a) He agrees and gives Jack a title, but not more money.
(b) He agrees and gives Jack more money.
(c) He is not sympathetic.
(d) He gets furious and fires him.

2. Which magazine features Jacks "No. 1 or No. 2" strategy in a cover story?
(a) USA Today.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) Forbes.
(d) Time.

3. Which of the following is not a job held by young Jack?
(a) Shoe salesman.
(b) Newspaper carrier.
(c) Theater janitor.
(d) Mail carrier.

4. How do GE employees take Jack's view on the work environment?
(a) They appreciate it.
(b) They dread it.
(c) They all quit.
(d) It is uncomfortable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one business in his vice president's portfolio that Jack has no interest in at all?

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

3. Who is Jack's first professional mentor at GE?

4. What service began in 1993 to help dealers sell their appliances?

5. What was the accepted business philosophy of the 1980s?

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