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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 high school did Marc Rich attend?
(a) New York Preparatory School.
(b) Wellesly Preparatory School.
(c) Rhodes Preparatory School.
(d) West Point Preparatory School.

2. From where had orders been given which led to the origin of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) An Iranian official.
(b) A Lithuanian mountain.
(c) A Swiss mountain.
(d) A Cuban official.

3. What publicly owned company did Philipp Brothers merge with in Chapter 5?
(a) Minerals & Chemicals Corporation.
(b) Intertech Resources.
(c) Metals and Chemicals Corporation.
(d) Entergy Corporation.

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

5. In what year does the author write in Chapter 6 that oil prices began to dictate market value?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what college had Marc Rich dropped out?

2. What individual in Chapter 2 was also known as Dapper Dan?

3. In what year did the rumor circulate in Chapter 2?

4. What is the chemical symbol for silver?

5. In what year did Marc Rich begin his career as a metal man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was in great demand in Chapter 2? What were the results?

2. What does the author write of the atmosphere at Philipp Brothers when Marc Rich began there? How was the market different from today?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where did Jesselson send Marc Rich in Chapter 5? What did he learn there?

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

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

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