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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) John D. Mellon
(c) George Bush
(d) Alirio Parra

2. Which oil company was most dependent on Iran?
(a) Shell
(b) Exxon
(c) Texaco
(d) BP

3. Oil was completely deregulated in the United States in what year?
(a) 1989
(b) 1981
(c) 1968
(d) 1974

4. Which country did not have a quota?
(a) China
(b) Iran
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Kuwait

5. Britain and France joined with what country to plan an attack on Egypt?
(a) Japan
(b) Israel
(c) Germany
(d) The United States

6. Who succeeded Nasser in 1970?
(a) Leonid Brezhnev
(b) Anwar Sadat
(c) Golda Meir
(d) Hafez al-Assad

7. Who prophesied that Middle Eastern governments would some day threaten the oil-dependent West?
(a) Loy Henderson
(b) Theodore Roosevelt
(c) Dean Acheson
(d) Ali Razmara

8. The summer of 1990 was marked by euphoria over the end of what?
(a) The Gulf War
(b) The Iraqi War
(c) The Cold War
(d) The Vietnam War

9. In what year was OPEC founded?
(a) 1991
(b) 1960
(c) 1975
(d) 1922

10. Who took over leadership in Libya?
(a) David Barran
(b) Armand Hammer
(c) Muammar al-Qaddafi
(d) Abdullah Tariki

11. What is a giant oil field called?
(a) T-Rex
(b) Elephant
(c) Roman Empire
(d) Big Dipper

12. Oil producing countries were assigned quotas with what target in mind per day?
(a) 26 million barrels
(b) 12 million barrels
(c) 4 million barrels
(d) 18 million barrels

13. What was the most competitive market in the world in the 1950s-60s?
(a) Asia
(b) Europe
(c) South America
(d) Africa

14. Which nuclear power plant malfunctioned just after the OPEC meeting?
(a) Three Mile Island
(b) Obninsk
(c) Ikata
(d) Calder Hall

15. After Iraq expelled Khomeini, where did he go?
(a) Cape Town
(b) Paris
(c) Dallas
(d) Moscow

Short Answer Questions

1. What project did Nixon introduce to make the US less oil dependent?

2. The American hostages were held until what happened?

3. In October 1971, the Shah of Iran hosted a gala celebrating the 2,500-year anniversary of what?

4. Who was put in charge of the Iranian National Oil Company?

5. The Soviet Union invaded which country?

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