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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. He is eventually hired by Hewitt and Tuttle as what?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A manager.
(c) A clerk.
(d) An assistant bookkeeper.

3. By May ________, Rockefeller controls all the major refineries in the nation and few people outside of the oil industry have ever heard of him.
(a) 1877.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1875.
(d) 1855.

4. He meets Abby Aldrich near the end of his _____________ year.
(a) Freshman.
(b) Sophomore.
(c) Senior.
(d) Junior.

5. Bill continues his wanderings and becomes a ___________ when he marries Margaret Allen in 1855.
(a) Bigamist.
(b) Happy man.
(c) Father.
(d) Husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. When John D. helps Big Bill buy a North Dakota ranch, he does it in such a way that who can never have any claims to it?

2. Rockefeller now sets a goal of absorbing what refiners into Standard Oil and he easily succeeds in absorbing the two largest refiners?

3. The Rockefellers acquire what bank which handles most of the trust companies?

4. At this time, John D. is also buying the New York refineries through who?

5. The price of crude oil is extremely ___________.

(see the answer key)

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