Steve Jobs

What is the main focus Steve Jobs' commencement speech?

•  His experiences in starting Apple

•  The importance of college education

•  Personal stories about connecting the dots, love and loss, and death

• The history of calligraphy

What role did calligraphy play in Steve Jobs' life and career, based on the text?

• •  It helped him design the first Macintosh computer

• • It led him to drop out of college

•  It inspired his love of art

• •  It made him regret his college dropout decision

According to the text, what lesson did Steve Jobs learn from his cancer diagnosis?

• To always follow other people's suggestions and expectations

• • To disregard (ignore) the importance of life choices

• •  To remember the inevitability (certainty) of death and focus on what is truly important

• • To avoid thinking about the future

What iconic company did Steve Jobs start?

• Microsoft

• Google

• Apple

• Amazon

“What does he mean by ‘It was awful-tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it’?”

• We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees

• . We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started

• although being fired from Apple was awful, he needed it to do bigger and better things.

In paragraph 12 Steve Jobs says, “I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.” 1. Why does he make that claim? What evidence does he present in paragraphs 12-14 to support this claim?

• A. that getting fired from Apple gave him the opportunity to be creative: He started two companies, both of which became very successful, and he met his wife.

• B. I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents’ garage when I was 20.

• C. . So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

Steve Jobs said don't settle and don't lose faith. Which piece of evidence supports this?

• . So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating

• I really didn’t know what to do for a few months

• During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife

Steve Jobs said don't settle and don't lose faith. Which piece of evidence supports this?

• . So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating

• I really didn’t know what to do for a few months

• During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife

What farewell message does Steve Jobs recall from The Whole Earth Catalog, and how does he relate it to the graduating audience?

• He remembers a phrase in it that inspired him to have fun and take risks: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

• He remembers a phrase in it that inspired him to make decisions carefully: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

• He remembers a phrase in it that inspired him to quit his job "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

What did Steve Jobs say about his childhood?

• He was born in Finland and adopted by a family in New York.

• His brother was adopted and they are best friends today.

• He was adopted by parents who never attended college.

• He enjoyed playing with Apple computers.