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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oil is the________ largest export of the United States with the major competition being Russia, and it is cheaper to produce oil in Russia than it is in America.
(a) Third.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Sixth.

2. John D. paces himself for what reason?
(a) To not get overly tired.
(b) To improve his health.
(c) To improve his productivity.
(d) He is very ill.

3. Rockefeller now sets a goal of absorbing what refiners into Standard Oil and he easily succeeds in absorbing the two largest refiners?
(a) The Columbus and Cleveland.
(b) The Philadelphia and New York.
(c) The Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
(d) The Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

4. The children are overly protected and educated where?
(a) At home.
(b) At a local school.
(c) In a private school.
(d) In a boarding school.

5. Big Bill continues to visit once or twice a year and John D. tolerates the visits for what reason?
(a) His father has asked for forgiveness.
(b) He loves his father.
(c) His father has changed his ways.
(d) The children's sake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Associations are being formed for what purpose?

2. The townspeople in Richford begin to refer to Big Bill as what?

3. The Sherman Antitrust legislation is introduced in Congress by Senator John Sherman of Ohio in ___________.

4. Bill works as what, selling cancer cures?

5. Over the 1877 to 1883 period, they gradually shift their residence from ____________.

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