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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long did it take Japan to seize control of the oil in the East Indies?
(a) 5 days
(b) 1 year
(c) 3 months
(d) 4 weeks

3. Outside the U.S., oil exploration in the Western Hemisphere centered where?
(a) Mexico
(b) Panama
(c) Chile
(d) Brazil

4. Who launched an investigation into Standard Oil?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) Mark Twain
(c) Woodrow Wilson
(d) H. H. Rogers

5. Early in 1942, Hitler developed which plan, aimed at the Caucasus and beyond, to the oil fields of Iran and Iraq, and onward to India?
(a) Operation Caucasus
(b) Operation Volkswagon
(c) Operation Soviet
(d) Operation Bleu

Short Answer Questions

1. What event in the 1920s plunged oil into dire straits?

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

3. Oil prices dropped after what event?

4. What sprung up to process crude oil into kerosene?

5. Japan's original war plan was that how much oil would be sufficient for victory?

(see the answer key)

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