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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Marc Rich created an oil market that allowed customers to buy oil without having to do what?
(a) Transport the oil.
(b) Own oil tankers.
(c) Deal directly with the oil companies.
(d) Use bank loans.

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

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

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

7. The rumor from Chapter 2 began circulating where?
(a) London.
(b) Oslo.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

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

9. 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) $25,000.
(b) $10,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $50,000.

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

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

12. What vice did Marc Rich pick up after becoming manager of the Madrid office for Philipp Brothers?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Heroin use.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Smoking.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Following Rich's takeover as the head of Philipp Brothers' Madrid office, the downturn in industry in the U.S. and other markets left Philipp Brothers with what?

2. Whom did Marc Rich marry, according to Chapter 5?

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

4. What was the name of Marc Rich's father?

5. What high school did Marc Rich attend?

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