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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. What product grew rapidly after its first delivery to England in 1861?
(a) Kerosene
(b) Vasoline
(c) Naphtha
(d) Gasoline
2. Who instituted a vast building project in the British Navy to transform the fleet to use oil?
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Daniel D'Arcy
(c) Kaiser Wilhelm
(d) Woodrow Wilson
3. Which of the following was a parent company of Casoc?
(a) Shell
(b) Texaco
(c) Exxon
(d) BP
4. 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) Thomas Stirling
(b) Harold Ickes
(c) August Hogg
(d) Adam Joiner
5. Oil industry lore calls the war years what?
(a) The Stand in Arabia
(b) The Saudi Alamo
(c) Germany's Fury
(d) Time of the Hundred Men
Short Answer Questions
1. What document came out of the meeting, which encouraged cooperation by the oil companies?
2. Who bought out Maurice Clark for $72,000?
3. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?
4. RDSG geologists put which country atop the list of potential oil finds?
5. What material was rationed in the U.S. during the war?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Japan's interest in the East Indies? What plans were developed around the East Indies?
2. What was the Japanese war plan based on? Did these premises come true?
3. Describe the beginning of the oil industry in Mexico. Why did Mexico cease to be a large oil producer?
4. Who was Ibn Saud? Why did he become involved in the oil industry?
5. What are the war years called? Why are they called this?
6. How did Britain become involved in developing D'Arcy's oil fields in the Middle East? What were the reasons for Britain's interest?
7. What are rents? How does this apply to oil?
8. What happened to oil and gas consumption and demand in the United States after the war? What effects did this have?
9. What was one of most extraordinary engineering feats of WWII? Why was this done?
10. What was part of Hitler's motivation to invade Russia? Why? Was he successful?
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