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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of Marc Rich's current estate, located on the shores of Lake Lucerne?
2. Where did Marc Rich's family settle in the United States?
3. What market did Marc Rich capture in Iran in Chapter 6?
4. The trading community admired Rich because he was able to get around many what that stood in the way of many countries and their corporations?
5. What distant cousin of the Philipp Brothers was dispatched to help run the U.S. offices?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the industrial trading world of 1984 in Chapter 1?
2. What does the author write of the atmosphere at Philipp Brothers when Marc Rich began there? How was the market different from today?
3. How great an empire did Marc Rich build? How is he described by the author in Chapter 1?
4. What was in great demand in Chapter 2? What were the results?
5. Where and when did Marc Rich begin his career as a metal man? What was the company like?
6. What happened with banking following the merger with Engelhard in Chapter 6? How did this affect Rich?
7. How many metals were openly traded? Where did others come from?
8. What rumor spread through the trading world in 1984? Was it confirmed?
9. What was Rich's objective as head of the Madrid offices? What industry changes affected his goals?
10. What caused a major change in oil prices in Chapter 6? What was Rich's reaction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the narrative style of Metal Men: Marc Rich and the 10-billion-dollar Scam. Define and identify the voice, tense, and point of view of the narrative.
Essay Topic 2
Describe the early childhood of Marc Rich. Where was he born? What was his family like? When did the family move to the United States and why?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the history of Philipp Brothers trading company. When was the company opened and where? When and how did it expand?
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