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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who partnered to form the Zapata company?
(a) King Fahd
(b) Alirio Parra
(c) George Bush
(d) John D. Mellon
2. What weakened OPEC's position?
(a) The cost of oil
(b) The closing of the Suez Canal
(c) The opening of new oil provinces
(d) The Korean War
3. On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a massive coordinated attack on which country?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Japan
(c) India
(d) Israel
4. The global battle of oil production intensified what rivalry?
(a) Britain-United States
(b) Saudi-Iranian
(c) India-Kuwait
(d) Japan-Britain
5. Which country set production to achieve price objectives?
(a) Saudi Arabia
(b) Iraq
(c) Iran
(d) Kuwait
6. On August 2, 1990, 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded which country?
(a) India
(b) Iran
(c) Kuwait
(d) Israel
7. How did Eisenhower feel about the attack on Egypt?
(a) Surprised and angry
(b) Cautiously happy
(c) Resigned and depressed
(d) Indifferent
8. What is a giant oil field called?
(a) Big Dipper
(b) Roman Empire
(c) Elephant
(d) T-Rex
9. In 1965, who won two-thirds of the exploration leases on the Prudhoe Bay structure?
(a) CLBE
(b) ARCO
(c) AARP
(d) TIFF
10. Who undercut Middle Eastern oil?
(a) France
(b) The United States
(c) Chile
(d) The Soviet Union
11. Who become the symbol of the new age of oil?
(a) The Shah of Iran
(b) Jimmy Carter
(c) "Sheikh" Ahmed Zaki Yamani
(d) Crown Prince Fahd
12. Oil producing countries were assigned quotas with what target in mind per day?
(a) 18 million barrels
(b) 26 million barrels
(c) 12 million barrels
(d) 4 million barrels
13. Who did Carter admit to the US for medical treatment?
(a) Saddam Hussein
(b) Khomeini
(c) Mossadegh
(d) The Shah
14. The economist E. F. Schumacher called for what?
(a) A dependence on Arab oil
(b) A short-term view of the world's energy needs
(c) Alternatives to high-cost coal
(d) Continued use of a finite resource
15. Which nuclear power plant malfunctioned just after the OPEC meeting?
(a) Ikata
(b) Calder Hall
(c) Obninsk
(d) Three Mile Island
Short Answer Questions
1. American hostages were taken from the embassy in which city?
2. Permanent oil platforms had to withstand waves that were how high?
3. Who delivered the first-ever presidential address on energy in the United States?
4. The exporters' combined earnings was how much in 1977?
5. In 1979, Iran produced what percent of the world's oil?
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