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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John D., Cettie and other family members travel to Europe in June 1906 and his lawyers tell him to extend his stay for what reason?
(a) Because of the various lawsuits.
(b) Because he needs the vacation.
(c) Because he is ill.
(d) Because they do not want him messing up the case.

2. The price of crude oil is extremely ___________.
(a) High.
(b) Volatile.
(c) Steady.
(d) Low.

3. John D. is very impressed with William Rainey Harper, whom he meets while visiting Bessie. At what college is Bessie?
(a) At Brown.
(b) At Vassar.
(c) At Yale.
(d) At Harvard.

4. In 1870, the partnership of Rockefeller, Andrews and Flagler is dissolved and what is formed?
(a) Sun Oil Company (Ohio).
(b) Standard Oil Company (Ohio).
(c) Sun Oil Company (Indiana).
(d) Standard Oil Company (Indiana).

5. By 1891, John D. is grooming _________ as his successor and is gradually shifting responsibilities to him.
(a) Junior.
(b) William.
(c) Flagler.
(d) Frank.

Short Answer Questions

1. They rarely go out and have to earn their spending money how?

2. The ________________ begins its investigation of Standard Oil.

3. By 1870, there is so much overproduction and falling prices that John D. begins to worry about what?

4. The Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating what?

5. John D. paces himself for what reason?

(see the answer key)

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