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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. How are GE's profits used in 1984?

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

3. What is Jack's "Vitality Curve"?

4. Why does Jack get frustrated with the plastics inventors?

5. What does QMI stand for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Briefly define and discuss QMI.

3. Briefly outline the trade between GE and a French government-owned electronics company and its benefit to GE.

4. When faced with the real world of bad business, what is Jack's plan of attack?

5. How do GE employees view Jack's opinion about change?

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

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

8. Discuss Jack's thoughts on an informal work environment.

9. What is unique about GE's Crotonville training facility?

10. Why does Jack learn the game of golf?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss types of figurative language used by the author in the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is the writer's purpose of this book? Explain your answer and support it with text from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the writer's style in this book What determines the writer's style?

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