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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. As Jack expands GE into globalization, what happens to U.S. jobs and facilities?

2. What kind of acquisitions does Jack pass up in the late 1990s?

3. What kind of business is Pet Project?

4. Which congressional act addresses PCB site cleanup?

5. To what does Jack compare his first 10 years as CEO?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly discuss how GE redefines its airplane services in 1995.

2. What is "wallowing" and how does GE use it?

3. Why does GE find itself under investigation for its industrial diamond business and what is the result?

4. How do the services offered by GE Capital change from the 1970s to the 1990s?

5. What are Jack's predictions about business with China?

6. Briefly, why is Honeywell a good business for GE to buy?

7. Why does GE pass up opportunities to acquire high-tech companies in the late 1990s?

8. What does Jack tell General Electric employees in his final farewell address to them?

9. Discuss GE's charge of PCB contamination and its result.

10. How does e-business change the role of a GE salesperson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important are the qualifications of the creator in this book? What questions can a reader ask to determine the creator's qualifications?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss success as a theme in Jack: Straight from the Gut.

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