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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 31.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. J. N. Pews in 1876 pioneered the use of natural gas to light which city?
(a) Albany
(b) Pittsburgh
(c) Boston
(d) New York

2. What did Britain capture to secure the strategic approaches to oil and ensure the safety of the Amir of Kuwait?
(a) Basra
(b) Jerusalem
(c) Beirut
(d) Tehran

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

4. Who perfected the incandescent light bulb?
(a) Guglielmo Marconi
(b) Benjamin Franklin
(c) Alexander Graham Bell
(d) Thomas Edison

5. The deals between countries and oil companies for royalties and other fees were referred to as what?
(a) Ten/Ninety Deals
(b) Twenty/Eighty Deals
(c) Sixty/Forty Deals
(d) Fifty/Fifty Deals

Short Answer Questions

1. New York City restricted what in 1965?

2. On April 5, 1945, who prepared to advance on Japan?

3. "Dad" Joiner found oil in a Texas field that came to be known as what?

4. What was the greatest "if" in the Middle East after WWII?

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

(see the answer key)

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