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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. is able to negotiate good rates on the railroads for what reason?
(a) He has many friends in the railroad industry.
(b) Many of the railroad owners owe him favors.
(c) He has worked in the railroad industry.
(d) Many of the railroad owners are Standard Oil stockholders.

2. 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 Harvard.
(c) At Vassar.
(d) At Yale.

3. What does the news of the fine cause?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) A rise in the stock market.
(c) A stock market slump and bank panics.
(d) Mass hysteria.

4. The children are overly protected and educated where?
(a) At a local school.
(b) In a private school.
(c) In a boarding school.
(d) At home.

5. There is more opposition to Standard Oil as what is formed by a group of independents?
(a) The British Patroleum Company.
(b) The Exxon Company.
(c) The Pure Oil Company.
(d) The Sun Oil Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are railroad and bank failures and massive unemployment. What happens to Standard Oil and the other trusts?

2. The Rockefeller have how many children who survive?

3. The great trust begins to lose its legal battles. Their Indiana company receives a ___________ fine.

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

5. 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?

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