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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. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?
(a) 25%
(b) 50%
(c) 90%
(d) 10%

2. The Royal Dutch company joined forces with what other oil company in 1907?
(a) BP
(b) Exxon
(c) Shell
(d) Standard

3. Which Swedish inventor established a considerable industrial company in Russia?
(a) Nils von Dardel
(b) Nicklas Lidstrom
(c) Auguste Comte
(d) Immanuel Nobel

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

5. Who published a book on the history of Standard Oil Company?
(a) Grace von Darnell
(b) Sarah Roosevelt
(c) Anna Burton
(d) Ida Tarbell

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bought out Maurice Clark for $72,000?

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

3. What sprung up to process crude oil into kerosene?

4. The "horseless carriage" was developed by whom?

5. The Royal Dutch Company set up operations where?

(see the answer key)

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