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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. When did Marc Rich's family move to the United States?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1950.

2. The author writes in Chapter 6 that Rich was well aware that OPEC's demand for ______ would lead to an oil glut that the globe could not handle.
(a) Money.
(b) Less production.
(c) More production.
(d) Trade embargoes.

3. How many of the forty sought-after metals were traded openly?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

4. What market did Marc Rich capture in Iran in Chapter 6?
(a) Plutonium.
(b) Uranium.
(c) Aluminum.
(d) Chromium.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 6 that everyone from bellhops to brokers had similar thoughts about Marc Rich--he was effective but secretive and what?

2. What was in the greatest demand following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?

3. After 15 years at the helm, the Philipps brothers' cousin and who were responsible for elevating Philipp Brothers to a powerful international trading force?

4. Where was Marc Rich born?

5. Where was the Vice President of the United States in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused a major change in oil prices in Chapter 6? What was Rich's reaction?

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

3. What was Rich's objective as head of the Madrid offices? What industry changes affected his goals?

4. Under whom did many of the new recruits at Philipp Brothers work? What was this individual like?

5. Where was Marc Rich born? What was his father like?

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

7. What rumor spread through the trading world in 1984? Was it confirmed?

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

9. What is written of Marc Rich's ambition and determination in Chapter 6? What was admirable about him?

10. How many metals were openly traded? Where did others come from?

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