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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. A Bolshevik newspaper spoke of oil as what?
(a) Quick Cash
(b) Black Money
(c) Liquid Gold
(d) Oily Funds

2. RDSG geologists put which country atop the list of potential oil finds?
(a) Venezuela
(b) France
(c) Japan
(d) Guam

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was lacking in the mid-19th century in regard to oil?

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

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

5. Who launched an investigation into Standard Oil?

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