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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author writes in Chapter 5 that being advanced at trading merely required the ability to tame the furies of what?
(a) Customers.
(b) The dynamic markets.
(c) Bank loan executives.
(d) Federal marshals.

3. What distant cousin of the Philipp Brothers was dispatched to help run the U.S. offices?
(a) Pincus Green.
(b) Edmond Mantell.
(c) Marc Rich.
(d) Ludwig Jesselson.

4. What building did Philipp Brothers occupy five floors of in New York?
(a) 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
(b) World Trade Tower 1.
(c) McGraw-Hill Building.
(d) The Empire State Building.

5. What individual in Chapter 2 was also known as Dapper Dan?
(a) Andrew Warner.
(b) James Lee.
(c) David Duncan.
(d) Doug Lee.

6. What happened with Philipp Brothers' profits after their merger in Chapter 5?
(a) They increased.
(b) They plummeted.
(c) The stayed the same.
(d) They slightly decreased.

7. Marc Rich was able to parlay his friendship with the Iranian broker into meaningful associations with whom?
(a) Highly placed Persians.
(b) Highly placed Iraqis.
(c) Cuban government officials.
(d) Highly placed Saudis.

8. The scam which drove the rumor in Chapter 2 was intended to raise the prices of what?
(a) Silver and gold.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Magnesium and silver.
(d) Gold and the U.S. dollar.

9. When did Rich became the manager of Philipp Brothers' Madrid office?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1971.

10. Where did Philipp Brothers establish a firm it was miraculously able to keep alive during World War I?
(a) Oslo.
(b) London.
(c) Warsaw.
(d) Paris.

11. The author writes that in the geographical location of Europe, one could buy a metal for one dollar from a Far Eastern customer and sell it for how much to a North American customer before the day ended?
(a) $5.
(b) $1.50.
(c) $3.
(d) $2.

12. What did Marc Rich begin taking in Chapter 6 to manage his weight?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Methamphetamines.
(c) Amphetamines.
(d) Crack cocaine.

13. What is the name of Marc Rich's current estate, located on the shores of Lake Lucerne?
(a) "La villa blanc."
(b) "Lucerne villa."
(c) "La villa bleu."
(d) "La villa rose."

14. When was Philipp Brothers founded?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1900.

15. What was the name of Marc Rich's father?
(a) Abraham Rich.
(b) David Rich.
(c) Chaim Reich.
(d) David Reich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the chemical number for nickel?

2. What was the European center for the industrial trading market in the 1980s?

3. What were the personalities of the traders related to in Chapter 1?

4. In what year did Marc Rich begin his career as a metal man?

5. What happened to the U.S. dollar in trading following the rumor's circulation in Chapter 2?

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