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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company was Marc Rich convinced to purchase as a tax shelter in Chapter 11?
(a) MGM.
(b) CNN Corporation.
(c) Lions Gate Entertainment.
(d) 20th Century Fox.

2. When did Robbie Lichtenstern die?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1984.

3. Where did Rich line up oil contracts representing 200,000 to 300,000 barrels per day in Chapter 9?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Lithuania.
(d) Russia.

4. What did Rich's core team of traders dub themselves as in Chapter 14?
(a) Metal Kids.
(b) Heavy Metal Kids.
(c) Cold Metal Kids.
(d) Hard Metal Kids.

5. What did Marc Rich begin shipping from the Philippines in Chapter 10?
(a) Chromium.
(b) Gold.
(c) Copper.
(d) Silver.

6. Robbie Lichtenstern was Rich's chief of what?
(a) Copper.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Aluminum.

7. How much money did Marc Rich make in his first year in his new business in Chapter 9?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $5 million.
(c) $20 million.
(d) $14 million.

8. In what years did Marc Rich make the greatest profits in oil as this was its peak in American demand in Chapter 9?
(a) 1976-77.
(b) 1974-75.
(c) 1980-81.
(d) 1979-80.

9. How much money did one of Marc Rich's employees embezzle in Chapter 12?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $3 million.
(d) $5 million.

10. How much money did Rich commit to the entire deal with Iran without first having a buyer in place in Chapter 7?
(a) $50 million.
(b) $150 million.
(c) $100 million.
(d) $200 million.

11. How did Robbie Lichtenstern die?
(a) Cerebral hemorrhage.
(b) Automobile accident.
(c) Stroke.
(d) Heart attack.

12. Where did Rich create a holding company before buying 50 percent of the voting stock of the corporation he purchased in Chapter 11?
(a) Netherlands.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Switzerland.

13. Marc Rich's ownership of a massive entertainment corporation was kept secret for how long after the purchase?
(a) Two years.
(b) One month.
(c) Six months.
(d) One year.

14. What term refers to a "source of emulation," also known as a Grand Ayatollah in Twelver Shi'a Islam?
(a) Kafa.
(b) Mafa.
(c) Marja.
(d) Shah.

15. When was the Ayatollah Khomeini born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what time had Robbie Lichtenstern begun to feel he had sold his soul to Rich and wanted out?

2. Who were the first countries to move towards the establishment of OPEC in the 1960s by approaching Iraq?

3. What was the name that Rich registered his company in Chapter 8?

4. With what did Marc Rich often pay for Iranian oil?

5. Where did an individual raid the offices of Philipp Brothers at gunpoint?

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