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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the chemical symbol for silver?
(a) Sl.
(b) Si.
(c) Au.
(d) Ag.

2. How many of the forty sought-after metals were traded openly?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

3. Within seven short years in trading, how much money had Marc Rich established in his personal empire?
(a) $10 billion.
(b) $15 billion.
(c) $5 billion.
(d) $40 billion.

4. What is the chemical number for nickel?
(a) 16.
(b) 28.
(c) 14.
(d) 29.

5. Where was Marc Rich exiled after his legal troubles in the United States?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) France.
(c) Spain.
(d) Norway.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dapper Dan was the managing director of what company described in Chapter 2?

2. What happened to trading following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?

3. The price of silver rose how many cents an ounce following the rumor in Chapter 2?

4. What is the name of Marc Rich's current estate, located on the shores of Lake Lucerne?

5. The author describes in Chapter 1 that metal trading was a shadowy world in which huge amounts of money were traded and, to play in that arena, one had to be "extremely smart, stupid or " what?

(see the answer key)

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