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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. Which Swedish inventor established a considerable industrial company in Russia?
(a) Nicklas Lidstrom
(b) Nils von Dardel
(c) Immanuel Nobel
(d) Auguste Comte

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

3. Who bought out Maurice Clark for $72,000?
(a) Marvin H. Davis
(b) Woodrow Wilson
(c) Daniel Standard
(d) John D. Rockefeller

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

5. Oil industry lore calls the war years what?
(a) The Saudi Alamo
(b) The Stand in Arabia
(c) Germany's Fury
(d) Time of the Hundred Men

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?

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

3. Which other country provided oil for Japan in the early 1930s?

4. Between 1911 and 1918, oil consumption rose how much in the United States?

5. In the early 1930s, the United States provided how much of Japan's oil imports?

(see the answer key)

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