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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who volunteered to lead a cross-country motor caravan to demonstrate the value of motor transportation and to dramatize the need for better highways?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower
(b) Albert B. Fall
(c) Theodore Roosevelt
(d) Calvin Coolidge

2. In 1962, what television show became a hit, celebrating the "black gold" that had transformed the face of America?
(a) Green Acres
(b) Leave it to Beaver
(c) M.A.S.H.
(d) The Beverly Hillbillies

3. Britain and France joined with what country to plan an attack on Egypt?
(a) The United States
(b) Israel
(c) Japan
(d) Germany

4. The Royal Dutch company joined forces with what other oil company in 1907?
(a) Standard
(b) Exxon
(c) Shell
(d) BP

5. By 1879, Standard controlled what percentage of U.S. refining capacity, as well as the pipelines, gathering systems, and transportation?
(a) 50%
(b) 10%
(c) 90%
(d) 25%

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year was OPEC founded?

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

5. What company did John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler start?

(see the answer key)

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