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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Big Bill runs a _______________ business and a hired worker who runs his farm.
(a) Logging.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Oil.
(d) Merchandise.

2. John D. paces himself for what reason?
(a) To not get overly tired.
(b) To improve his productivity.
(c) He is very ill.
(d) To improve his health.

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

4. In 1870, the partnership of Rockefeller, Andrews and Flagler is dissolved and what is formed?
(a) Standard Oil Company (Indiana).
(b) Sun Oil Company (Indiana).
(c) Sun Oil Company (Ohio).
(d) Standard Oil Company (Ohio).

5. By 1870, there is so much overproduction and falling prices that John D. begins to worry about what?
(a) His health.
(b) The economy.
(c) His wealth.
(d) His family.

6. Are the Rockefellers practitioners of conspicuous consumption?
(a) Yes.
(b) Only much later.
(c) Only at first.
(d) No.

7. Oil is found in the Western United States, as well as in what states?
(a) Kentucky and Indiana.
(b) Ohio and Kentucky.
(c) West Virginia and Kentucky.
(d) Indiana and Ohio.

8. The Bradford producers are pumping so much oil, that Standard Oil refuses to do what?
(a) Buy it.
(b) Transport it.
(c) Sell it.
(d) Store it.

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

10. Big Bill Rockefeller leads the life of a ___________ in his younger years.
(a) Vagabond.
(b) Priest.
(c) Monk.
(d) Wealthy man.

11. Rockefeller now controls ________ percent of the U.S. oil that is refined.
(a) Sixty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Ninety.

12. In the 1850s, whole oil is used to fuel what?
(a) Heat.
(b) Lighting.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Automobiles.

13. Rockefeller's Cleveland refineries are further from what area than the Oil Regions refineries are?
(a) The Gulf Coast.
(b) The East Coast.
(c) The West Coast.
(d) The Great Lakes.

14. Over the 1877 to 1883 period, they gradually shift their residence from ____________.
(a) From Euclid Avenue to New York City.
(b) From Forest Hill to New York City.
(c) Forest Hill to Euclid Avenue.
(d) Euclid Avenue to Forest Hill.

15. Oil prices tumble and Rockefeller absorbs another group of failing competitors. They have to do this secretly for what reason?
(a) The existing law does not allow Standard Oil to own property outside of Ohio.
(b) The competitors are embarrassed.
(c) According to the law, Standard Oil should not exist.
(d) Rockefeller does not want others to know how powerful he is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Big Bill continues to visit once or twice a year and John D. tolerates the visits for what reason?

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

3. What happens when the Pennsylvania producers form their own plan?

4. Their Forest Hills home is once what?

5. In ________ Johann Peter Rockefeller immigrates to America and settles in New Jersey.

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