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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where had orders been given which led to the origin of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) A Swiss mountain.
(b) An Iranian official.
(c) A Lithuanian mountain.
(d) A Cuban official.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the chemical symbol for silver?
(a) Au.
(b) Si.
(c) Ag.
(d) Sl.

8. What metal did Marc Rich first begin trading at Philipp Brothers?
(a) Aluminum.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

9. What was being sold, but was in short supply and not physically accessible in Chapter 2?
(a) Gold.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Uranium.
(d) Copper.

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

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

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

13. Where did Marc Rich buy a luxury restaurant?
(a) New York.
(b) Paris.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Vienna.

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

15. What was in the greatest demand following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) Copper and aluminum.
(b) Silver and uranium.
(c) Copper and gold.
(d) Gold and silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marc Rich's family moved to the U.S. from fear of what?

2. When did Rich became the manager of Philipp Brothers' Madrid office?

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

4. In what year was the U.S. dollar no longer backed by gold?

5. Dapper Dan was the managing director of what company described in Chapter 2?

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