The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Daniel Yergin
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Germans pioneered the extraction of what from coal before World War I?
(a) Synthetic fuels
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Petroleum
(d) Oil

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

3. Who did FDR appoint to head the Department of the Interior, in addition to the newly created positions of Oil Administrator and Public Works Administrator?
(a) Harold Ickes
(b) Thomas Stirling
(c) August Hogg
(d) Adam Joiner

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

5. Which country did the United States begin transshipping to in 1940?
(a) Israel
(b) Poland
(c) Russia
(d) England

6. In the early 1930s, the United States provided how much of Japan's oil imports?
(a) 90%
(b) 40%
(c) 16%
(d) 57%

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

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

9. Japan invaded which country in 1931?
(a) Korea
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) India

10. Who masterminded strikes against the Rothschilds' interests in Russia?
(a) Joseph Stalin
(b) Immanuel Nobel
(c) Marcus Samuel
(d) John D. Rockefeller

11. By 1950, what was the primary fuel source in America?
(a) Synthetic fuel
(b) Electricity
(c) Oil
(d) Coal

12. What sprung up to process crude oil into kerosene?
(a) Labratories
(b) Factories
(c) Refineries
(d) Quarries

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

14. Japan's original war plan was that how much oil would be sufficient for victory?
(a) 5 years' worth
(b) 9 week's worth
(c) 2 years' worth
(d) 1 month's worth

15. What did Calouste Gulbenkian come to be known as after APOC and Shell gave him shares in their companies?
(a) Oil Baron of Persia
(b) Controlling Interest
(c) King of Persia
(d) Mr. Five Percent

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who became Britain's chief oil supplier just before WWI?

3. The "horseless carriage" was developed by whom?

4. Who subdued much of Arabia and negotiated the exchange of oil for money for his country?

5. In December 1941, Japan bombed what target in the U.S.?

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