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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who delivered the first-ever presidential address on energy in the United States?
(a) Gerald Ford
(b) Richard Nixon
(c) John F. Kennedy
(d) George Bush

2. On August 2, 1990, 100,000 Iraqi troops invaded which country?
(a) India
(b) Iran
(c) Israel
(d) Kuwait

3. Who joined forces with Italian oil man Enrico Mattei?
(a) President Betancourt
(b) The Shah of Iran
(c) Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso
(d) Abdullah Tariki

4. What accelerated the American escape to the suburbs?
(a) Electricity
(b) Cheap gas
(c) Airplanes
(d) Coal

5. The attempted coop in Iran was known as what?
(a) Operation Blue
(b) Operation Ajax
(c) Operation Arabia
(d) Operation Frog

6. New York City restricted what in 1965?
(a) Coal burning
(b) Oil
(c) Taxis
(d) Gasoline fueled cars

7. In 1972, The Limits to Growth predicted that within 100 years what would happen?
(a) New oil fields would be developed
(b) Oil would be depleted
(c) Oil production would be focused in the Arctic
(d) Solar power would become more important than oil

8. Who was named Saudi Arabia's Director of Oil and Mining Affairs?
(a) Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso
(b) President Betancourt
(c) Gamal Abedel Nasser
(d) Abdullah Tariki

9. The "Arab oil embargo" consisted of what?
(a) Western countries boycotting Arab oil
(b) Arab companies seizing control of foreign oil fields in Arab countries
(c) The total ban on the export of oil to the U.S. and the Netherlands
(d) The ban on the import of oil to Arab countries

10. What was one of OPEC's goals when it was founded?
(a) To sell oil as cheaply as possible
(b) To take over the world's oil production
(c) To keep Western nations out of Arabia
(d) To restore the price of oil to its precut level

11. Exxon spent a billion dollars on what in 1980?
(a) Shale oil development
(b) Reassuring consumers with advertising
(c) A platform in the Bay of Fundy
(d) A lawsuit from Texaco

12. In 1962, what television show became a hit, celebrating the "black gold" that had transformed the face of America?
(a) The Beverly Hillbillies
(b) Green Acres
(c) M.A.S.H.
(d) Leave it to Beaver

13. Who partnered to form the Zapata company?
(a) King Fahd
(b) Alirio Parra
(c) George Bush
(d) John D. Mellon

14. OPEC agreed on what posted price per barrel of oil?
(a) $38.72
(b) $23.99
(c) $4.12
(d) $11.65

15. The prices of oil did what between 1970 and 1973?
(a) Doubled
(b) Remained the same
(c) Decreased by 10 percent
(d) Fell sharply

Short Answer Questions

1. The US sold arms to which country in an effort to win freedom for American hostages in Lebanon?

2. Who did Carter admit to the US for medical treatment?

3. How much of the world's reserves were in the Persian Gulf in 1990?

4. Who took over leadership in Libya?

5. "Sheikh" Ahmed Zaki Yamani was whose protege?

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