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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rockefeller is impressed with Andrew Carnegie's comment that a man who dies rich is what?
(a) Worthless.
(b) Rich.
(c) Lost.
(d) Disgraced.

2. What does John D. believe about his fortune?
(a) It upsets other people, so he should donate some to please others.
(b) It is a gift from God to be used in the betterment of mankind.
(c) It is too much for one person and should be given away.
(d) It is a surprise to him, and he plans on enlarging it.

3. Junior resigns in 1910, preferring to devote his efforts to what?
(a) The auto industry.
(b) His Colorado business.
(c) Caring for his family.
(d) Philanthropy.

4. Even Frank Rockefeller volunteers as a source. Why?
(a) He wants to do what is right.
(b) He feels pressure from the government.
(c) He believes his brother has broken the law.
(d) He feels his brother has ruined his life.

5. Trust funds of ____ million each were established for Edith and Alta.
(a) $22.
(b) $2.
(c) $12.
(d) $21.

6. The ________________ begins its investigation of Standard Oil.
(a) Bureau of Corporations.
(b) Secret Service.
(c) Federal Bureau of Investigations.
(d) The Better Business Bureau.

7. Who is in charge of the project?
(a) Frank.
(b) William.
(c) Junior.
(d) Senior.

8. Junior goes to great lengths to do what?
(a) Hide his wealth.
(b) Keep the children's pictures out of the newspapers.
(c) Protect his wealth.
(d) Spend his money wisely.

9. What does a change in New Jersey law legalize?
(a) Holding companies.
(b) Oil mining.
(c) Monopolies.
(d) Banking.

10. In 1902, the President brings an antitrust suit against Northern Securities Company, a holding company of whom?
(a) J. P. Morgan.
(b) Junior.
(c) Senior.
(d) William Rockefeller.

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

12. Senior remains in seclusion at ________________, avoiding the process servers.
(a) Pont Neuf.
(b) Cancun.
(c) Poncantico.
(d) Santa Monica.

13. Standard Oil is the kind of trust that Roosevelt wants to do what to?
(a) Create.
(b) Understand.
(c) Bust.
(d) Improve.

14. The trust does what to satisfy the courts?
(a) Reorganizes.
(b) Dissolves.
(c) Does not change.
(d) Disbands.

15. Violence erupts, and some strikers are killed along with women and children. The event becomes known as what?
(a) The Ludlow Massacre.
(b) The Ludlow Crisis.
(c) The Ludlow Explosion.
(d) The Ludlow Collapse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Archbold, deciding they need representation in Congress, begins doing what?

2. What occurs on January 31, 1910?

3. John D. is very impressed with William Rainey Harper, whom he meets while visiting Bessie. At what college is Bessie?

4. He transfers $475 million to his children between what years with most of it going to Junior?

5. After the assassination of McKinley, who becomes President?

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