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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Carnegie Challenges the World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carnegie buys his stock in Pullman selling shares in Central to other stockholders by not using what?
(a) The money of others.
(b) Manipulation.
(c) Any of his own money.
(d) His connections.

2. Scott and Thomson like the Woodruff Sleeping Car Company that owns patents in 1858 but lacks what?
(a) Understanding of this business.
(b) The courage and business sense to develop them.
(c) Financial backing.
(d) Intelligence.

3. _____________ is the focal point that straddles the east-west route where the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers join at the Ohio River.
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Youngstown.

4. However, by 1881, a competitor Homestead has the most modern equipment, but is plagued by what problems for two years?
(a) Management.
(b) Financial.
(c) Labor.
(d) Organizational.

5. Carnegie pressures management and Frick resigns again. Is his resignation accepted?
(a) Not at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Only later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Railroad ______________ run the trains, maintain rolling stock and track, price and collect charges for service on passenger and freight trains running in both directions to meet demand.

2. At thirty, Frick is a millionaire with _______ thousand coke ovens and three thousand acres of land.

3. As mills become more efficient, the need for raw material continues with deposits from _______________________.

4. Other operating benefits like reduced inventory and less machine duplication create cost savings to enable __________________at a market-competitive rate.

5. Carnegie rises from bobbin boy at __________ per week in 1850 to railroad superintendent at $2,400 per year in 1865.

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