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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. He transfers $475 million to his children between what years with most of it going to Junior?
(a) 1917 and 1918.
(b) 1917 and 1922.
(c) 1917 and 1919.
(d) 1917 and 1920.

2. What occurs on January 31, 1910?
(a) A fight.
(b) A strike.
(c) A mine collapse.
(d) An explosion.

3. During testimony about the incident, Junior claims he had ________ knowledge of the situation in Colorado.
(a) No.
(b) Very little.
(c) A great deal of.
(d) Some.

4. After a sheltered childhood, what does Junior crave?
(a) Involvement in helping social problems.
(b) Responsibility.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Friendship.

5. Junior separates himself from all businesses but one. What business is this?
(a) His family.
(b) Standard Oil.
(c) His philanthropies.
(d) His mining business in Colorado.

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

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

8. By 1891, John D. is grooming _________ as his successor and is gradually shifting responsibilities to him.
(a) Junior.
(b) Flagler.
(c) William.
(d) Frank.

9. The Rockefellers acquire what bank which handles most of the trust companies?
(a) Capital One Bank.
(b) National City Bank.
(c) Chase Bank.
(d) The Equitable Trust Bank.

10. 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 much later in life.
(b) Only at first.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

11. The federal antitrust suit is filed in Missouri on November 18, 1906. Its goal is what?
(a) The redistribution of wealth within the Standard Oil company.
(b) The dissolution of the Standard Oil trust.
(c) The organizaton of the Standard Oil trust.
(d) The creation of only one oil company.

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

13. 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 Train.
(b) The Millionaire's Journey.
(c) The Millionaire's Trip.
(d) The Millionaire's Special.

14. Junior is shaken by the Ludlow affair. How does he emerge?
(a) Weaker and more unsure of himself.
(b) The same.
(c) Destroyed.
(d) Stronger and more confident in himself.

15. What does the news of the fine cause?
(a) A stock market slump and bank panics.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) A rise in the stock market.
(d) Mass hysteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1905, the _________________ requests an investigation of the company.

2. Rockefeller becomes involved in what industry under Gates?

3. In what is Junior interested?

4. Who is in charge of the project?

5. Union organizers are trying to form a union and the companies bring in what?

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