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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 October 1940, who bombed Dhahran?
(a) Britain
(b) Japan
(c) Italy
(d) Russia

2. What did Calouste Gulbenkian come to be known as after APOC and Shell gave him shares in their companies?
(a) Controlling Interest
(b) Oil Baron of Persia
(c) Mr. Five Percent
(d) King of Persia

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

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

5. What company did John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler start?
(a) Citgo, Inc.
(b) Standard Oil Company
(c) Exxon Mobil, Inc.
(d) Irving Oil Company

Short Answer Questions

1. What product grew rapidly after its first delivery to England in 1861?

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

3. 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?

4. The Royal Dutch Company set up operations where?

5. By late 1944, 120,000 barrels of aviation gasoline were delivered daily to where?

(see the answer key)

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