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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Master Moneyman: A Fortune in Paper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the nineteenth century American railroads are financed by bonds with over ____ percent of their earnings used to pay bond interest.
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

2. Scot Andrew Carnegie became what?
(a) The laziest man in the world.
(b) The most powerful man in the world.
(c) The richest man in the world.
(d) The scariest man in the world.

3. Who is Cuban Roberto Goizuetta?
(a) The deceased president of Liz Claiborne.
(b) The deceased chairman of Applebee's.
(c) The deceased CEO of Intel.
(d) The deceased chairman of Coca-Cola.

4. This old craft is destroyed in _______ years, along with Will Carnegie's job and his town's main source of income.
(a) Eight.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Ten.

5. In following years Carnegie gets at least ___________ for a net investment of $217.50 until 1870 when he sells out.
(a) $500.
(b) $5,000.
(c) $50.
(d) $50,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carnegie meets John Piper in 1856 in order to build _______ bridges, instead of wooden bridges that can be set afire from locomotive sparks and are not cost-effective beyond a certain span and load factor.

2. By the age of __________ Carnegie manages a complex, multi-unit industrial enterprise and capitalizes on knowing the value of money based on what it can earn.

3. Seeds of ambivalence develop within Andrew to appreciate what ideas?

4. Carnegie proposes they cooperate rather than bid against each other and suggests what be the joint venture?

5. Scott leaves Carnegie in charge when he does what?

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