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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 is the outcome of GE's attempt to buy the company that complements GE in various areas?

2. Which business complements GE in various areas, but does not have products that directly overlap?

3. What does GE reduce with its Internet sales?

4. As GE begins redefining its markets, which industry is the first to be reorganized?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss how GE enters the medical ultrasound field in 2000.

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

3. Briefly explain how Jack decides to compete with the Japanese.

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

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

6. Briefly discuss how globalization affects GE's development and American facilities.

7. How does Jack improve his golf game?

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

9. How does GE get a head start on foreign investing in Japan and what Japanese investments made GE Capital a major player in the world of finance?

10. Who is Jack's successor and where is he introduced?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A main character in a work of fiction has both good and bad qualities, giving the character dimension. In nonfiction, the main character is known as the subject. Jack is the subject of his own book. What are Jack's bad qualities? Support your answers.

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

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

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