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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contemporary Structure of Plunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many votes does the USA have in the World Bank?
(a) One-sixteenth.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-one hundredth.
(d) One-fourth.

2. What did John Thomas North and his partner Robert Harvey purchase for the war effort?
(a) Guns.
(b) Bonds.
(c) Silver.
(d) Bread.

3. What caused the Chilean nitrate business to collapse?
(a) The flood of 1923.
(b) The perfection of the Haber process.
(c) The war with Britain.
(d) The exhaustion of guano.

4. How much of US investment in Latin America is in Mexico?
(a) One-eigth.
(b) One-fourth.
(c) One-third.
(d) Half.

5. To what does the author compare Latin America's capacity for surprise?
(a) A jack-in-the-box.
(b) Pandora's box.
(c) Guerilla warfare.
(d) Fool's gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphor does the author use to describe industry in Latin America?

2. What year did Brazil abolish slavery?

3. How did American interests in Venezuelan crude oil attempt to derail the Brazilian crude oil economy?

4. What illegal practice drains Brazil of more than $100 million a year?

5. In Brazil, what was Law 56,570, passed on July 6, 1965?

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