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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Do the refiners like the plan?
(a) Yes.
(b) No, they ignore it.
(c) No, they fight it.
(d) No, they suggest another plan.

2. After the end of the SIC, Rockefeller comes up with a new plan, called what?
(a) The Philadelphia Plan.
(b) The Cleveland Plan.
(c) The Pittsburgh Plan.
(d) The Toledo Plan.

3. Big Bill does not accompany his family to Richford when they move and does not appear in the area until 1835, posing as what?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A scientist.
(c) An actor.
(d) A blind and deaf peddler.

4. John D. is very concerned with displaying what?
(a) His family.
(b) Power.
(c) Wealth.
(d) His failings.

5. They dissolve their partnership when and agree to auction the firm to the highest bidder?
(a) April 1865.
(b) September 1865.
(c) February 1865.
(d) July 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. The new oil at Bradford intensifies the battle between who?

2. John D. is able to negotiate good rates on the railroads for what reason?

3. Unlike some other oil men, John D. feels that oil will be what?

4. Rockefeller now controls ________ percent of the U.S. oil that is refined.

5. There are _________________ during the post civil War period.

(see the answer key)

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