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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The government wins its antitrust case against Standard oil of New Jersey which is ordered to divest itself of its subsidiaries. The Supreme Court upholds the verdict on May 15, 1911, giving the trust six months to divest. What does the divestiture do to Rockefeller?
(a) It makes him now only the fifth wealthiest man in the world.
(b) It makes him even richer.
(c) It destroys him.
(d) It weakens him.

2. The Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating what?
(a) Control of the Ohio company has been transferred out of state, in violation of its Ohio charter.
(b) The Ohio company is doing well.
(c) The Ohio company has not broken any laws.
(d) The Ohio company also owns refineries in Indiana.

3. Senior remains in seclusion at ________________, avoiding the process servers.
(a) Pont Neuf.
(b) Santa Monica.
(c) Poncantico.
(d) Cancun.

4. The ________________ begins its investigation of Standard Oil.
(a) The Better Business Bureau.
(b) Bureau of Corporations.
(c) Secret Service.
(d) Federal Bureau of Investigations.

5. In 1905, the _________________ requests an investigation of the company.
(a) House of Representatives.
(b) Congress.
(c) Senate.
(d) House of Commons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Standard Oil is the kind of trust that Roosevelt wants to do what to?

2. The trust does what to satisfy the courts?

3. There is more opposition to Standard Oil as what is formed by a group of independents?

4. The Morgan Theological Seminary is transferred to the new university and Harper is its president. It opens on October 1, ________.

5. The children are overly protected and educated where?

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