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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where had there been no official release of the news of the rumor in Chapter 2?

4. The rumor from Chapter 2 began circulating where?

5. The trading community admired Rich because he was able to get around many what that stood in the way of many countries and their corporations?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Marc Rich's school experiences. Where did he attend high school and college? Why did he leave college and when?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the figure of Ludwig Jesselson. What was Jesselson's position at Philipp Brothers? How did Jesselson feel about Marc Rich?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the merger between Mineral & Chemicals Philipp Brothers and Engelhard Industries. When did this merger take place? What did each company hope to gain from the merger?

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