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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As what is Bill known?
(a) Crazy Rockefeller.
(b) Doc Rockefeller.
(c) Mr. Rockefeller.
(d) Pa Rockefeller.

2. Within _____ years he has absorbed almost all of them.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. On October 9, 1901 what does Junior do?
(a) His first child is born.
(b) He marries Abby.
(c) He graduates from Harvard.
(d) He meets Abby.

4. Due to their distance from the region mentioned in #49, what did Cleveland refineries face?
(a) Higher transportation costs.
(b) No transportation costs.
(c) Unsteady transportation costs.
(d) Lower transportation costs.

5. Who owns the Russian operation?
(a) The Nobel Brothers.
(b) The Roosevelts.
(c) The Chinese.
(d) The Czar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rockefeller begins to integrate vertically for what reason?

2. By the middle of 1880, more than __________ percent of American oil is shipped abroad.

3. Oil prices tumble and Rockefeller absorbs another group of failing competitors. They have to do this secretly for what reason?

4. Public sentiment against what begins to grow?

5. When J. P. Morgan decides to form a steel trust in 1900, he has to deal with Rockefeller. Why does Junior handle the negotiations with Morgan?

(see the answer key)

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