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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sadistic.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Hateful.
(d) Adulterous.

2. What market did Marc Rich capture in Iran in Chapter 6?
(a) Aluminum.
(b) Chromium.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Plutonium.

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

4. In what year was there a growing awareness of the creeping power of the Ronald Reagan dollar, which was gaining fiscal strength over European currencies?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1980.

5. Under what master mover of the precious metals did many of the new recruits work under the tutelage of at Philipp Brothers?
(a) Sam Fishman.
(b) Ali Rezai.
(c) Pincus Green.
(d) Edmond Mantell.

6. 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.

7. Where was the Vice President of the United States in Chapter 2?
(a) Israel.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Great Britain.

8. The author writes in Chapter 6 that solid relationships with what were essential in the trading world?
(a) Governments.
(b) Officials.
(c) Customers.
(d) Banks.

9. In what year does the author write in Chapter 6 that oil prices began to dictate market value?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1977.

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

11. The author writes in Chapter 5 that being advanced at trading merely required the ability to tame the furies of what?
(a) The dynamic markets.
(b) Federal marshals.
(c) Customers.
(d) Bank loan executives.

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

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

14. 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) Market crashes.
(b) Reluctant buyers.
(c) Reluctant sellers.
(d) Rules and regulations.

15. What building did Philipp Brothers occupy five floors of in New York?
(a) McGraw-Hill Building.
(b) World Trade Tower 1.
(c) 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
(d) The Empire State Building.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money did Marc Rich earn per week when he started working at Philipp Brothers?

3. Where did Marc Rich attend college?

4. What vice did Marc Rich pick up after becoming manager of the Madrid office for Philipp Brothers?

5. What happened to the U.S. dollar in trading following the rumor's circulation in Chapter 2?

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