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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 was Marc Rich's father's occupation?
(a) High-level trader.
(b) Low-level trader.
(c) College professor.
(d) Postal clerk.

2. What was in the greatest demand following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) Gold and silver.
(b) Copper and aluminum.
(c) Copper and gold.
(d) Silver and uranium.

3. What metal did Marc Rich first begin trading at Philipp Brothers?
(a) Aluminum.
(b) Silver.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Gold.

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

5. How much money did Marc Rich earn per week when he started working at Philipp Brothers?
(a) $200.
(b) $60.
(c) $100.
(d) $500.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, a rumor circulated that who had succumbed to a cerebral hemorrhage?

2. What is the name of Marc Rich's current estate, located on the shores of Lake Lucerne?

3. What happened to trading following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?

4. What were the personalities of the traders related to in Chapter 1?

5. What is the chemical symbol for gold?`

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was Marc Rich viewed by his contemporaries when he began in the metal industry?

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

4. How does the author describe the industrial trading world of 1984 in Chapter 1?

5. What had happened by the evening of the rumor in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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