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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the personalities of the traders related to in Chapter 1?
(a) Terrorists.
(b) Rogues.
(c) Anarchists.
(d) Cowboys.

2. In what years did Marc Rich make the greatest profits in oil as this was its peak in American demand in Chapter 9?
(a) 1974-75.
(b) 1979-80.
(c) 1980-81.
(d) 1976-77.

3. What individual in Chapter 2 was also known as Dapper Dan?
(a) Andrew Warner.
(b) David Duncan.
(c) Doug Lee.
(d) James Lee.

4. In what year was the U.S. dollar no longer backed by gold?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1976.

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) Corporate lawyers.
(b) Backstabbing.
(c) Money.
(d) Greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author's description of Marc Rich in Chapter 6 states that the trader was demanding and unfair with underlings and displayed little personality and had no sense of what?

2. The oil-producing nations were ____ to unload their gluts of oil on Rich, according to the author in Chapter 7.

3. From where had orders been given which led to the origin of the rumor in Chapter 2?

4. What company did Marc Rich buy as a tax shelter to hide his massive cash assets?

5. Following Rich and Pinky's plot in Chapter 7, the other traders were distracted and annoyed by the incident and dissatisfied with what?

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