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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was never comfortable with oil trade because it was a segment of the market that was controlled by forces outside of Philipp Brothers?
(a) Rich.
(b) Fieldman.
(c) Green.
(d) Jesselson.

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

3. Where was Rich's first office for his new company, according to Chapter 8?
(a) Paris.
(b) Zurich.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

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

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

6. What did the man who raided the offices of Philipp Brothers at gunpoint demand in Chapter 10?
(a) Copper.
(b) Chrome.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Gold.

7. The oil-producing nations were ____ to unload their gluts of oil on Rich, according to the author in Chapter 7.
(a) Glad.
(b) Hesitant.
(c) Refusing.
(d) Reluctant.

8. Of what did the new office of Marc Rich remind most people in Chapter 12?
(a) An Arabian palace.
(b) A castle.
(c) A modernist painting.
(d) Starship Enterprise.

9. In Chapter 9 the author writes that Rich's oil sales constituted what percent of the oil consumed by America?
(a) 70.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 50.

10. Where is sixty-five percent of the world's cobalt mined?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Zaire.
(d) Brazil.

11. What did Marc Rich later say was the best thing he ever did for his image?
(a) Buying 20th Century Fox.
(b) Buying MGM.
(c) Selling his oil tanker.
(d) Buying CNN Corporation.

12. What did Marc Rich not allow employees to have in their offices in Chapter 12?
(a) Food.
(b) Beverages.
(c) Chewing gum.
(d) Personal items.

13. Who was the most interested in making the business purchase and anxious to get it underway in Chapter 11?
(a) Pincus Green.
(b) Edmond Mantrell.
(c) Denise Rich.
(d) Ludwig Jesselson.

14. In Chapter 7, Rich made a deal with Iran in which Rich agreed to pay how much over the current barrel price?
(a) $10.
(b) $5.
(c) $8.
(d) $2.

15. With his new company, Rich made sure to make quick deals on what, which had always been considered Jesselson's specialty?
(a) Copper and chrome.
(b) Gold and silver.
(c) Mercury and copper.
(d) Plutonium and chromium.

Short Answer Questions

1. Robbie Lichtenstern was Rich's chief of what?

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

3. What was the name of Marc Rich's chief officer who was found murdered in Chapter 13?

4. What was one of the main third-world nations that Marc Rich targeted for oil in Chapter 9?

5. Marc Rich's ownership of a massive entertainment corporation was kept secret for how long after the purchase?

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