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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, When to Fight, When to Fold.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 abroad.
(b) The company's expenditures.
(c) The company's investments in internship programs.
(d) The person he is.

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

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

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

5. To which former U.S. president was Roger Ailes a political adviser?
(a) George H.W. Bush.
(b) Ronald Regan.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) George W. Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Jack get his first pay raise at GE?

2. How does Jack resolve the complaint of the employees who have trained at the GE learning center?

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

4. What does Jack say he learned the hard way about hiring employees with academic pedigrees?

5. What is the evaluation system that works well for several years, until employees find a way to "game" it?

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