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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, When to Fight, When to Fold.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of employees does Jack want at GE?
(a) Cheap labor.
(b) Self-confident entrepreneurs.
(c) Devoted time-clock punchers.
(d) All American.

2. How does Jack describe himself in Chapter 4 when he was an engineer?
(a) Humble.
(b) Life of the party.
(c) Workaholic
(d) Poor.

3. In which year was Jack appointed as CEO?
(a) 2000.
(b) 2005.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1990.

4. When GE bought RCA in 1985, which national television station was included in the deal?
(a) ABC.
(b) NBC.
(c) CBS.
(d) CNN.

5. According to an employee evaluation system, which employees are passionate, innovative, open minded, and creative?
(a) A-players.
(b) Managers.
(c) Interns.
(d) Brown-nosers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jack's title at the new GE plastics plant?

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

3. How does Jack describe himself in Chapter 4 when he becomes a businessman?

4. Which non-labor department does Jack expand at his plastics facility in the 1970s?

5. In addition to being self-confident, what else does Jack believe is a large part of leadership?

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