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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Contemporary Structure of Plunder.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the world's chief fuel?
(a) Copper.
(b) Water.
(c) Iron.
(d) Petroleum.

2. From where does imperialist capital capture foreign markets?
(a) They capture from the forest.
(b) They capture from outside.
(c) They capture from within.
(d) They capture from the sea.

3. What country is the top petroleum exporter in the world (at the time the book was written)?
(a) Iran.
(b) Venezuela.
(c) Afghanistan.
(d) Brazil.

4. Who was Augusto Cesar Sandino?
(a) He was a Brazilian revolutionary famous for standing up to the government.
(b) He was a Mexican peasant who became President of Mexico.
(c) He was a Nicaraguan guerilla who fought for the peasant's land rights.
(d) He was a Salvadoran coffee plantation owner.

5. What percentage of Latin American loans are provided by the USA?
(a) 100%.
(b) None.
(c) 30%.
(d) 50%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What region took over the rubber industry from Brazil in 1913?

2. What illegal practice drains Brazil of more than $100 million a year?

3. Because of a deal with the USA, in how many years may Brazil run out of manganese for its own steel industry?

4. What country basically owns the Central American banana industry?

5. Out of the 70,000 Guatemalans that die each year, how many are children?

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