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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Junior maintains a _________ relationship with his father.
(a) Minimal.
(b) Wonderful.
(c) Bad.
(d) Good.

2. John and Abby buy a new house and begin to spend their summers where?
(a) At Great Cranberry in Maine.
(b) At Mount Desert Island in Maine.
(c) At Islesford In Maine.
(d) At Swans Island in Maine.

3. In 1903, Junior begins asking his father to publish an authorized biography for what reason?
(a) To repair the damage done by Tarbell.
(b) To make him famous.
(c) To bring him to the people.
(d) To tell their family's story.

4. What does Junior begin to collect?
(a) Works of art.
(b) Small businesses.
(c) Junk.
(d) Philanthropies.

5. John D. spends most of his time where?
(a) At his Lakewood golf retreat in New Jersey or his home in Florida.
(b) With his family.
(c) In his office in New York.
(d) At various gatherings in Cleveland.

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

7. What has Standard Oil done with some records that have been requested by the court?
(a) They have burned them.
(b) They have given them to the court.
(c) They have lost them.
(d) They have thrown them away.

8. As Senior becomes more reclusive, the limelight shifts to Junior and focuses on the wealth he will inherit. Does Junior like the limelight?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Only much later in life.

9. The Rockefellers fund what seminary in Atlanta?
(a) The Spelman Seminary.
(b) Our Lady of the Angels Seminary.
(c) Sacred Heart Apostolic School.
(d) St. John Vianney Minor Seminary.

10. Junior enters Brown University in what year?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1839.

11. There is also funding for _____________ schools who meet their standards.
(a) Music.
(b) Art.
(c) Law.
(d) Medical.

12. In April 1901 a train full of millionaires, dubbed ____________, including Junior, tours the South, touring black colleges, most of which have been financed with money from the North.
(a) The Millionaire's Journey.
(b) The Millionaire's Trip.
(c) The Millionaire's Train.
(d) The Millionaire's Special.

13. John D., Cettie and other family members travel to Europe in June 1906 and his lawyers tell him to extend his stay for what reason?
(a) Because of the various lawsuits.
(b) Because they do not want him messing up the case.
(c) Because he needs the vacation.
(d) Because he is ill.

14. In 1907, John D. buys Roger's shares of what stock?
(a) Sears and Robuck.
(b) Standard Oil.
(c) Chase Bank.
(d) Macy's.

15. 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?
(a) Morgan trusts Junior.
(b) Senior is slowly giving him more responsibilities.
(c) Morgan and Senior are too busy.
(d) Morgan and Senior do not like one another.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Senior remains in seclusion at ________________, avoiding the process servers.

3. After a sheltered childhood, what does Junior crave?

4. During a strike, the miners are evicted from their company homes and live where?

5. The trust does what to satisfy the courts?

(see the answer keys)

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