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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Spontaneous.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) A gambler.

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

3. What was the European center for the industrial trading market in the 1980s?
(a) Paris.
(b) Oslo.
(c) Rome.
(d) London.

4. What publicly owned company did Philipp Brothers merge with in Chapter 5?
(a) Intertech Resources.
(b) Metals and Chemicals Corporation.
(c) Minerals & Chemicals Corporation.
(d) Entergy Corporation.

5. How much money was Marc Rich required to pay per day in fines rather than relinquish corporate records that could land him in jail?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $25,000.
(c) $50,000.
(d) $100,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under whose tutelage did Marc Rich begin working at Philipp Brothers?

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

3. Who is surmised to have given the orders to initiate the rumor in Chapter 2?

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?

5. Where had there been no official release of the news of the rumor in Chapter 2?

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