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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Triumph and Tragedy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carnegie relies on what system implemented by Thomson and Scott at the railroad to transfer and adapt it to industry?
(a) The McDonald.
(b) The McMillan.
(c) The McAllister.
(d) The McCallum.

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

3. Carnegie is praised by labor leaders and Frick is considered _____________.
(a) "Carnegie's assistant."
(b) "A hero."
(c) "Strange and righteous."
(d) "Haughty and disdainful."

4. Scott leaves Carnegie in charge when he does what?
(a) Retires.
(b) Takes a ten-day trip.
(c) Quits.
(d) Has mandatory surgery.

5. Carnegie's first installment on his one-eighth interest in Woodruff is $217.50 borrowed from the bank. The balance is paid by dividends in the venture's ________ year.
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

1. Holley's pre-production estimates and Shinn's voucher system provides Carnegie's Edgar Thomson Works with accurate profitability in its ________ month of operation.

2. A new competitor, ________________ , decides a lavishly decorated "rolling palace" may have an edge, and by 1867 he has forty-eight in service.

3. Railroads need huge amounts of what to construct track and more as they expand?

4. Historically, management of the Carnegie companies resulted in _____ labor difficulties before the Homestead strike.

5. Who is the cornerstone of Carnegie's fortune, followed in 1861 by Columbia Oil?

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