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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The author writes in Chapter 5 that during Jesselson's tenure at Philipp Brothers there was no need for buy-outs or what?
(a) Golden parachutes.
(b) Government regulation.
(c) Freedom parades.
(d) Bailouts.

3. Who encouraged Marc Rich to quit college and become a trader?
(a) Michael Skawinski.
(b) James Miller.
(c) Henry Kissinger.
(d) Henry Rothschild.

4. The author writes in Chapter 5 that Jesselson's tenure at Philipp Brothers was during an era when relationships were forged by trust, not by what?
(a) Money.
(b) Greed.
(c) Backstabbing.
(d) Corporate lawyers.

5. When did Rich became the manager of Philipp Brothers' Madrid office?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. What high school did Marc Rich attend?

2. The author writes in Chapter 5 that being advanced at trading merely required the ability to tame the furies of what?

3. What was being sold, but was in short supply and not physically accessible in Chapter 2?

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

5. What company did Marc Rich buy as a tax shelter to hide his massive cash assets?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ludwig Jesselson. How did he work with clients?

2. What was Marc Rich's school experience like? Where did he attend high school?

3. What happened with banking following the merger with Engelhard in Chapter 6? How did this affect Rich?

4. Where did Mark Rich attend college? When and why did he leave?

5. How great an empire did Marc Rich build? How is he described by the author in Chapter 1?

6. Why does the author state the Metal Men never lost in Chapter 1?

7. Why was the metal industry centered in London? How does the author describe the power of the industry in Chapter 1?

8. Describe the setting of the metals market as described in Chapter 2 following the rumor.

9. Where and when did Marc Rich begin his career as a metal man? What was the company like?

10. How was Marc Rich described by those who knew him in Chapter 6?

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