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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Marc Rich marry, according to Chapter 5?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1962.

2. Where was Marc Rich born?
(a) Oslo, Norway.
(b) New York, U.S.
(c) Antwerp, Belgium.
(d) London, England.

3. 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.

4. 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?
(a) Dignity.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Humor.
(d) Civility.

5. Traders of what trading company were busted by the FBI in 1981?
(a) Mineral Resources, Inc.
(b) Entergy Incorporated.
(c) Chemical Resources, Inc.
(d) Intertech Resources, Inc.

6. The price of silver rose how many cents an ounce following the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

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

8. Under whose tutelage did Marc Rich begin working at Philipp Brothers?
(a) Fishman's.
(b) Jesselson's.
(c) Newman's.
(d) Rothchild's.

9. What is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Warsaw.
(c) Krakow.
(d) Frankfurt.

10. Who had recently taken power in Cuba when Rich began making business contacts there?
(a) Fulgencio Batista.
(b) Raul Castro.
(c) Mirta Díaz Balart.
(d) Fidel Castro.

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

12. What happened to the U.S. dollar in trading following the rumor's circulation in Chapter 2?
(a) It began to drop.
(b) It surged dramatically.
(c) It held steady.
(d) It began to rise.

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

14. Whom did Marc Rich marry, according to Chapter 5?
(a) Mirta Díaz Balart.
(b) Angelina Davis.
(c) Imelda Marcos.
(d) Denise Eisenberg.

15. 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) Heavy Metal Men.
(b) Philipp Sons.
(c) Lehrlings.
(d) Jesselsonlings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Marc Rich's family move to the United States?

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

4. 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?

5. Where did many of the metals traded under the radar originate?

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