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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The trading community admired Rich because he was able to get around many what that stood in the way of many countries and their corporations?
(a) Rules and regulations.
(b) Reluctant sellers.
(c) Reluctant buyers.
(d) Market crashes.

3. When was Philipp Brothers founded?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1940.

4. After 15 years at the helm, the Philipps brothers' cousin and who were responsible for elevating Philipp Brothers to a powerful international trading force?
(a) Siegfried Ullman.
(b) Edmond Mantell.
(c) Marc Rich.
(d) Pincus Green.

5. The author writes in Chapter 5 that Jesselson's tenure at Philipp Brothers was during an era when relationships were forged by trust, not by what?
(a) Backstabbing.
(b) Greed.
(c) Corporate lawyers.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metal did Marc Rich first begin trading at Philipp Brothers?

2. What was the European center for the industrial trading market in the 1980s?

3. What was in the greatest demand following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?

4. How many of the forty sought-after metals were traded openly?

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

(see the answer key)

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