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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author write that investors were not aware that every industry in the world was driven by in Chapter 1?
(a) Greed.
(b) Politics.
(c) Oil.
(d) Metal.

2. What happened to trading following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) Trading dropped dramatically.
(b) Trading escalated dramatically.
(c) Trading stood still.
(d) Trading dropped steadily.

3. What is the chemical symbol for gold?`
(a) Go.
(b) Au.
(c) Gl.
(d) Ag.

4. What company did Marc Rich buy as a tax shelter to hide his massive cash assets?
(a) 20th Century Fox.
(b) CNN.
(c) Warner Brothers.
(d) Pixar.

5. Marc Rich's family moved to the U.S. from fear of what?
(a) The Fascist Regime.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Nazi Regime.
(d) The Spanish Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the chemical number for nickel?

2. The author describes in Chapter 1 that metal trading was a shadowy world in which huge amounts of money were traded and, to play in that arena, one had to be "extremely smart, stupid or " what?

3. What happened to the U.S. dollar in trading following the rumor's circulation in Chapter 2?

4. From what college had Marc Rich dropped out?

5. Who encouraged Marc Rich to quit college and become a trader?

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