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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, The People Factory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jack learn about current events as a child?
(a) By walking several miles to the closest library.
(b) By reading papers passengers left on his father's train.
(c) By watching them on TV.
(d) By reading comic books.

2. Which American president called for volunteers to fill in where government's role had been reduced?
(a) Ronald Regan.
(b) Harry Trumann.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) John Kennedy.

3. How long were Jack and his first wife married?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 17 years.
(c) 46 years.
(d) 28 years.

4. What nickname does the media pin on Jack?
(a) Neutron Jack.
(b) Jimmy Neutron.
(c) Neuron Jack.
(d) Jackie Neutron.

5. Jack says it is important for managers to know when...
(a) To hug and when to kick.
(b) To walk away and know when to run.
(c) To quit and when to fire.
(d) To hold them and when to fold them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose business management concepts does Jack use to support his ideas of good and bad business?

2. What, according to Jack, is GE's core competency?

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

4. How are GE's profits used in 1984?

5. How does Jack lose his college scholarship funded by the country club?

(see the answer key)

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