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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 bought out Maurice Clark for $72,000?
(a) John D. Rockefeller
(b) Daniel Standard
(c) Woodrow Wilson
(d) Marvin H. Davis

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

3. What product grew rapidly after its first delivery to England in 1861?
(a) Gasoline
(b) Kerosene
(c) Naphtha
(d) Vasoline

4. By 1915, APOC was supplying how much of the British Navy's oil needs?
(a) 50%
(b) 75%
(c) 20%
(d) 90%

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of delivery for oil did the oil companies settle on to avoid teamster conflicts?

2. The Royal Dutch Company set up operations where?

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

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

5. Who launched an investigation into Standard Oil?

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