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

2. In August 1928, Deterding met where with Heinrich Riedemann of Jersey Standard-Germany, Cadman of APOC, William Mellon of Gulf, Robert Stewart of Indiana and others to discuss the oil industry?
(a) Paris
(b) Scotland
(c) Nepal
(d) Moscow

3. Which German commander was stopped due to a lack of petrol in North Africa?
(a) Erwin Rommel
(b) Joseph Stalin
(c) Friedrich Bergius
(d) Adolf Hitler

4. Japan invaded which country in 1931?
(a) Russia
(b) Korea
(c) India
(d) China

5. What method of delivery for oil did the oil companies settle on to avoid teamster conflicts?
(a) Pipelines
(b) Tanker trucks
(c) Boats
(d) Trains

Short Answer Questions

1. The "horseless carriage" was developed by whom?

2. Who tried to take over Britain's naval superiority in the 1890s, which instead strengthened Britain's resolve?

3. By 1915, APOC was supplying how much of the British Navy's oil needs?

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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