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

2. In what year did Marc Rich begin his career as a metal man?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1960.

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

4. What happened to the U.S. dollar in trading following the rumor's circulation in Chapter 2?
(a) It began to rise.
(b) It held steady.
(c) It surged dramatically.
(d) It began to drop.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what college had Marc Rich dropped out?

2. Where did Marc Rich attend college?

3. The author describes in Chapter 1 that metal trading was a shadowy world in which huge amounts of money were traded and, to play in that arena, one had to be "extremely smart, stupid or " what?

4. Where did Philipp Brothers establish a firm it was miraculously able to keep alive during World War I?

5. What was the European center for the industrial trading market in the 1980s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Marc Rich's wedding in Chapter 5. To whom and when did he marry? How was the wedding described?

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

3. What was the purpose of the scam and rumor in Chapter 2? Who was responsible for it?

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

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

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

7. When did Rich become the manager of the Madrid office at Philipp Brothers? How was he described in this position?

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

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

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

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