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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who toured the Middle East and believed it to be "the greatest prize in history" because of its oil?
(a) Everette Lee DeGolyer
(b) David McNaughton
(c) James Forrestal
(d) FDR

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

3. Germans pioneered the extraction of what from coal before World War I?
(a) Oil
(b) Petroleum
(c) Synthetic fuels
(d) Nitrogen

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

5. Which other country provided oil for Japan in the early 1930s?
(a) South Africa
(b) Dutch East Indies
(c) Britain
(d) Mexico

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which act gave FDR power to control exports, including oil?

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

4. Who did FDR meet with at the Suez Canal Zone after Yalta?

5. Oil industry lore calls the war years what?

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