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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of environment does Jack say is best for making necessary changes and modernizing the company?

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

4. What inspires Jack to pursue his Ph.D.?

5. What does Jack say his book is about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack learn about "academic pedigrees"?

2. What are Jack's beliefs regarding self-confidence?

3. What is a "Work-Out" and what is its role in GE?

4. Why does Jack promote selling the GE Housewares division?

5. What basic ideas does Jack say he hopes his book will communicate?

6. Why does Jack target GE Credit Corp as the company's most promising business?

7. Why does Jack want out of the semiconductor business?

8. Why does the media begin to refer to Jack as "Neutron Jack"?

9. How does Jack get promoted to general manager of GE's newest plastics facility?

10. What is the accepted business philosophy of the 1980s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast autobiography and personal recollection as types of nonfiction.

Essay Topic 2

Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two different examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony are they? What is expected and what actually occurs in your examples?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of propaganda in nonfiction. Discuss any possible propaganda in this book.

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