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

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

3. What lead to instigating gasoline rationing in England?
(a) German U-boats use of oil
(b) German control of Persia
(c) A broken pipeline
(d) Taxi cabs

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

5. What was lacking in the mid-19th century in regard to oil?
(a) An economical way to harvest it
(b) A use for it
(c) A belief in oil's uses
(d) The technology to convert oil to something usable

Short Answer Questions

1. The Royal Dutch Company set up operations where?

2. "Colonel" Edwin Drake applied the salt drilling techniques of what country to oil?

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

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

5. Who favored favored domestic spending over war preparations against Germany in 1911?

(see the answer key)

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