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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 12 | Part 2, Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1901, the Shah gave D'Arcy access to how much of the country?
(a) 95%
(b) 75%
(c) 35%
(d) 15%

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

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

5. Who masterminded strikes against the Rothschilds' interests in Russia?
(a) Joseph Stalin
(b) Immanuel Nobel
(c) Marcus Samuel
(d) John D. Rockefeller

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?

4. J. N. Pews in 1876 pioneered the use of natural gas to light which city?

5. What denied foreign interests access to drilling rights on public lands if their governments denied similar access to Americans?

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