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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 begin his career as a metal man?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1958.

2. Who encouraged Marc Rich to quit college and become a trader?
(a) Henry Kissinger.
(b) James Miller.
(c) Michael Skawinski.
(d) Henry Rothschild.

3. 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.

4. The author writes in Chapter 6 that Rich was well aware that OPEC's demand for ______ would lead to an oil glut that the globe could not handle.
(a) Money.
(b) More production.
(c) Less production.
(d) Trade embargoes.

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

6. Where did Philipp Brothers establish a firm it was miraculously able to keep alive during World War I?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Oslo.
(d) Warsaw.

7. Marc Rich's new father-in-law in Chapter 5 was the chairman of what company?
(a) Keds, Inc.
(b) Goldman Sachs.
(c) Bernlieb, Liebhard, and Watson.
(d) Desco, Inc.

8. What is the name of the Iranian broker with whom Rich fostered a long-term relationship?
(a) Mohammad Mehdi Rezai.
(b) Alireza Rezae.
(c) Marvin Davis.
(d) Ali Rezai.

9. What is the chemical number for nickel?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 28.
(d) 29.

10. Who among Marc Rich's contemporaries at Philipp Brothers took to the young trader?
(a) Fishman.
(b) Jesselson.
(c) Rothchild.
(d) Newman.

11. What was Marc Rich's father's occupation?
(a) College professor.
(b) Postal clerk.
(c) Low-level trader.
(d) High-level trader.

12. The author writes in Chapter 6 that everyone from bellhops to brokers had similar thoughts about Marc Rich--he was effective but secretive and what?
(a) Adulterous.
(b) Hateful.
(c) Paranoid.
(d) Sadistic.

13. Rich's goal in Chapter 6 was to have great success in Madrid, become European manager, and eventually take over whose responsibilities?
(a) Steinman's.
(b) Jesselson's.
(c) Fielding's.
(d) Rezai's.

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

15. What happened with Philipp Brothers' profits after their merger in Chapter 5?
(a) They plummeted.
(b) The stayed the same.
(c) They slightly decreased.
(d) They increased.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 5 that being advanced at trading merely required the ability to tame the furies of what?

2. What product did Marc Rich's father-in-law trade in Chapter 5?

3. Marc Rich was able to parlay his friendship with the Iranian broker into meaningful associations with whom?

4. What was being sold, but was in short supply and not physically accessible in Chapter 2?

5. What did Rich trade with the Cubans in Chapter 5?

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