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

2. The "horseless carriage" was developed by whom?
(a) Orville Wright
(b) Alexander Graham Bell
(c) Henry Ford
(d) Thomas Edison

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

4. Who took over leadership of Standard from Rockefeller?
(a) John Mellon
(b) John D. Archibold
(c) Daniel Rockefeller
(d) Immanuel Nobel

5. The Royal Dutch Company set up operations where?
(a) Canada
(b) Russia
(c) Brazil
(d) Sumatra

Short Answer Questions

1. The Royal Dutch company joined forces with what other oil company in 1907?

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

3. Britain wanted to keep whose oil out of the hands of the Russians and French in the early 1900s?

4. What company did John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler start?

5. Oil prices dropped after what event?

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