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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8 | Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tried to take over Britain's naval superiority in the 1890s, which instead strengthened Britain's resolve?
(a) France
(b) The United States
(c) Russia
(d) Germany

2. The Rothschilds created what company in 1902?
(a) Shell Oil Company
(b) Royal Dutch Company
(c) Standard Oil Company
(d) Asiatic Petroleum Company

3. What method of delivery for oil did the oil companies settle on to avoid teamster conflicts?
(a) Tanker trucks
(b) Pipelines
(c) Boats
(d) Trains

4. Who launched an investigation into Standard Oil?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Mark Twain
(d) H. H. Rogers

5. Who perfected the incandescent light bulb?
(a) Guglielmo Marconi
(b) Alexander Graham Bell
(c) Benjamin Franklin
(d) Thomas Edison

Short Answer Questions

1. Oil prices dropped after what event?

2. What product grew rapidly after its first delivery to England in 1861?

3. By 1915, APOC was supplying how much of the British Navy's oil needs?

4. Which Swedish inventor established a considerable industrial company in Russia?

5. Who instituted a vast building project in the British Navy to transform the fleet to use oil?

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