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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who had recently taken power in Cuba when Rich began making business contacts there?
(a) Raul Castro.
(b) Fulgencio Batista.
(c) Fidel Castro.
(d) Mirta Díaz Balart.

2. In what year did Marc Rich marry, according to Chapter 5?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1977.

3. Where did Marc Rich attend college?
(a) Yale University.
(b) New York University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Harvard University.

4. Rich's goal in Chapter 6 was to have great success in Madrid, become European manager, and eventually take over whose responsibilities?
(a) Rezai's.
(b) Fielding's.
(c) Jesselson's.
(d) Steinman's.

5. The scam which drove the rumor in Chapter 2 was intended to raise the prices of what?
(a) Gold and the U.S. dollar.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Silver and gold.
(d) Magnesium and silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Philipp Brothers merge with a publicly owned company, as described in Chapter 5?

2. The author writes in Chapter 5 that being advanced at trading merely required the ability to tame the furies of what?

3. What did Marc Rich begin taking in Chapter 6 to manage his weight?

4. In Chapter 2, a rumor circulated that who had succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage?

5. In Chapter 9 the author writes that Rich's oil sales constituted what percent of the oil consumed by America?

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