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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money did Marc Rich spend on the decor of the lobby of his new office alone in Chapter 12?
(a) $2 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $500,000.
(d) $5 million.

2. What was the greatest problem facing Philipp Brothers and their trading of oil?
(a) Finding buyers.
(b) Governmental controls.
(c) Finding sellers.
(d) Storage and transportation.

3. Where did Rich line up oil contracts representing 200,000 to 300,000 barrels per day in Chapter 9?
(a) Lithuania.
(b) Nigeria.
(c) Russia.
(d) Iraq.

4. The author writes in Chapter 9 that if Iranian oil was selling for $20 a barrel, Rich could get it for how much?
(a) $5.
(b) $18.
(c) $15.
(d) $10.

5. Who became a regular visitor at Marc Rich's offices following his business purchase in Chapter 11?
(a) Ronald Reagan.
(b) Henry Kissinger.
(c) James Gardner.
(d) George Bush.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rich's core team of traders dub themselves as in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 8, where were Rich and Pinky's New York offices located?

3. In what year was one of Marc Rich's chief officers found murdered in Chapter 13?

4. How many top traders left with Rich and Pinky who had begun their own business in Chapter 7?

5. Where did one of Marc Rich's employees try to drive up tin prices by hoarding a massive amount of the resource in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Rich register his company as in Chapter 8? Where did he operate?

2. What were Marc Rich's dealings with the Iranians described as in Chapter 9? Why did the Iranians deal with Rich?

3. Where were Rich's offices in Chapter 8? How were they described?

4. What was the reaction of the New York offices following the gunpoint incident in Chapter 10? How was Rich connected to the affair?

5. How was Marc Rich's new office described in Chapter 12? How did Rich treat his employees there?

6. What two employees was Marc Rich greatly disappointed by in Chapter 12? What had each done?

7. How had the Arab oil embargo affected the oil trade in Chapter 15? What illegal activity arose during this time?

8. What happened to Mark Rich's reputation once it became known he had purchased 20th Century Fox?

9. What happened with many traders once the Ayatollah Khomeini took over government control in Iran? How did Marc Rich react?

10. Where did Marc Rich establish his own business in Chapter 8? Why did he choose this locale?

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