Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentence and fill in the appropriate answer above.
1-
Millions of new enterprises are begun each year in spite of a more than 50% ......... rate.
A -
failure
B -
initial
C -
interest
D -
return
2-
There is increasing research on the subject, more and more courses in entrepreneurship, and heightened ......... by the media.
A -
coverage
B -
distribution
C -
journalism
D -
publication
3-
Initiating a new business involves considerable risk, as well as an effort to overcome all the ......... against innovative ideas.
A -
attitude
B -
inertia
C -
pressure
D -
protest
4-
The French word "entrepreneur", ......... translated, means simply "undertaker".
A -
accurately
B -
actually
C -
fully
D -
literally
5-
The entrepreneur's connection with risk evolved in the 17th century, when an entrepreneur was someone who entered into a contract with the government to perform a service or to supply ......... products.
A -
simulated
B -
stimulated
C -
stippled
D -
stipulated
6-
Since the contract price was fixed, any resulting profits or losses ......... the efforts of the entrepreneur — the better he performed, the more profit he made.
A -
affected
B -
deflected
C -
effected
D -
reflected
7-
In the 18th century, the person with capital was ......... from the one who needed capital; in other words, the entrepreneur was distinguished from the capital provider.
A -
differentiated
B -
divided
C -
segregated
D -
separated
8-
In contrast to an entrepreneur, a venture capitalist is a professional money manager who makes risk investments from a ......... of capital to obtain a high rate of return.
A -
pool
B -
portfolio
C -
stock
D -
stream
9-
In the mid-20th century, the ......... of an entrepreneur as an innovator was established.
A -
action
B -
notion
C -
occupation
D -
position
10-
The concept of innovation and newness is now an ......... part of entrepreneurship.