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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By late 1944, 120,000 barrels of aviation gasoline were delivered daily to where?
(a) Channel Islands
(b) Java
(c) Guam
(d) Toyko

3. Which conflict in the Pacific was decisive victory for the Americans and turned the tide of battle between Japan and the United States?
(a) Pearl Harbor
(b) The Battle of Kula Gulf
(c) The Battle of Midway
(d) The Battle of Ormac Bay

4. What was banned in 1943 in the U.S.?
(a) Having more than one private vehicle
(b) Taxi cabs
(c) Nonessential driving
(d) Shipping via train

5. In 1944, the Allies targeted what with bombings in Germany?
(a) Concentration camps
(b) German submarines
(c) Synthetic fuel plants
(d) Tank factories

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

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

8. For producing nations, oil was a source of what?
(a) Serenity
(b) Hardship
(c) Pride
(d) Inequality

9. Who became Britain's chief oil supplier just before WWI?
(a) Royal Dutch
(b) Exxon
(c) APOC
(d) Shell

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

11. Who launched an investigation into Standard Oil?
(a) Theodore Roosevelt
(b) Mark Twain
(c) Woodrow Wilson
(d) H. H. Rogers

12. What method of delivery for oil did the oil companies settle on to avoid teamster conflicts?
(a) Pipelines
(b) Trains
(c) Tanker trucks
(d) Boats

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

14. What was the name of the pipeline that stretched from Texas to the East Coast?
(a) The Dog Collar
(b) Big Inch
(c) The Alamo Bootstrap
(d) Little Pip

15. What was lacking in the mid-19th century in regard to oil?
(a) A use for it
(b) An economical way to harvest it
(c) The technology to convert oil to something usable
(d) A belief in oil's uses

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 did what?

3. Who took over leadership of Standard from Rockefeller?

4. Which country was not represented at the meeting?

5. RDSG geologists put which country atop the list of potential oil finds?

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