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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12 | Part 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did FDR appoint to head the Department of the Interior, in addition to the newly created positions of Oil Administrator and Public Works Administrator?
(a) Adam Joiner
(b) Thomas Stirling
(c) Harold Ickes
(d) August Hogg

2. Outside the U.S., oil exploration in the Western Hemisphere centered where?
(a) Chile
(b) Panama
(c) Mexico
(d) Brazil

3. Who perfected the incandescent light bulb?
(a) Thomas Edison
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Guglielmo Marconi
(d) Alexander Graham Bell

4. Who took over leadership of Standard from Rockefeller?
(a) John Mellon
(b) Daniel Rockefeller
(c) John D. Archibold
(d) Immanuel Nobel

5. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?
(a) 10%
(b) 25%
(c) 50%
(d) 90%

Short Answer Questions

1. The Rothschilds created what company in 1902?

2. The Royal Dutch Company set up operations where?

3. Who masterminded strikes against the Rothschilds' interests in Russia?

4. What did Britain capture to secure the strategic approaches to oil and ensure the safety of the Amir of Kuwait?

5. What event in the 1920s plunged oil into dire straits?

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