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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Chapter 36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lead to instigating gasoline rationing in England?
(a) Taxi cabs
(b) German U-boats use of oil
(c) A broken pipeline
(d) German control of Persia

2. How many days were the hostages held?
(a) 62
(b) 444
(c) 109
(d) 3

3. Shell employees at Balikapan in Borneo reacted to Pearl Harbor how?
(a) They stepped up production and prepared to expand the operation.
(b) They slowed production, hid oil supplies, and built bunkers for themselves.
(c) They increased production, drilled new wells, and exported oil to the U.S.
(d) They stopped production, sabotaged wells, and set wharves ablaze.

4. Oil prices dropped after what event?
(a) World War I
(b) The Civil War
(c) The Vietnam War
(d) 9/11

5. Who took over leadership of Standard from Rockefeller?
(a) John Mellon
(b) John D. Archibold
(c) Daniel Rockefeller
(d) Immanuel Nobel

Short Answer Questions

1. What was lacking in the mid-19th century in regard to oil?

2. Who used radio to mobilize Arab nationalism and stir up the whole Third World?

3. In 1986, how many oil ministers met in Saudi Arabia and agreed on $18 per barrel plus a new quota system?

4. Which of the following was a parent company of Casoc?

5. What is a giant oil field called?

(see the answer key)

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