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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 stepped in to restore order as majors and independents feuded in the United States?
(a) United States Automobile Association (USAA)
(b) Texas Railroad Commission (TRC)
(c) California Oil Association (COA)
(d) North American Oil Commission (NAOC)

2. "Colonel" Edwin Drake applied the salt drilling techniques of what country to oil?
(a) China
(b) Iran
(c) Kenya
(d) Australia

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A Bolshevik newspaper spoke of oil as what?

2. RDSG geologists put which country atop the list of potential oil finds?

3. Who took over leadership of Standard from Rockefeller?

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

5. Who perfected the incandescent light bulb?

(see the answer key)

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