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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From where had orders been given which led to the origin of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) A Swiss mountain.
(b) A Lithuanian mountain.
(c) A Cuban official.
(d) An Iranian official.

3. What term does the author use in Chapter 5 to refer to young traders like Marc Rich who were trained in-house and considered the leaders of tomorrow?
(a) Jesselsonlings.
(b) Lehrlings.
(c) Heavy Metal Men.
(d) Philipp Sons.

4. The author writes in Chapter 5 that being advanced at trading merely required the ability to tame the furies of what?
(a) The dynamic markets.
(b) Customers.
(c) Federal marshals.
(d) Bank loan executives.

5. What metal did Marc Rich first begin trading at Philipp Brothers?
(a) Silver.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Aluminum.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the personalities of the traders related to in Chapter 1?

2. What did Rich trade with the Cubans in Chapter 5?

3. In what year was there a growing awareness of the creeping power of the Ronald Reagan dollar, which was gaining fiscal strength over European currencies?

4. Dapper Dan was the managing director of what company described in Chapter 2?

5. What individual in Chapter 2 was also known as Dapper Dan?

(see the answer key)

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