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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. The Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating what?
(a) The Ohio company is doing well.
(b) The Ohio company has not broken any laws.
(c) Control of the Ohio company has been transferred out of state, in violation of its Ohio charter.
(d) The Ohio company also owns refineries in Indiana.

8. On October 9, 1901 what does Junior do?
(a) His first child is born.
(b) He marries Abby.
(c) He meets Abby.
(d) He graduates from Harvard.

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

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

11. In 1897, why does the Ohio Attorney General feel the Ohio company is in contempt of court?
(a) The company has broken several laws.
(b) The trust is still in force and the certificates cannot be redeemed for show.
(c) The company has grown too large.
(d) The trust will not give the appropriate documents to the court.

12. A group known as what is active on Wall Street and consists of Henry H. Rogers, James Stillman and William Rockefeller?
(a) The Standard Oil Crowd.
(b) The Banking Crowd.
(c) The Oil Crowd.
(d) The Millionaire's Crowd.

13. John D. Gates began his career as what?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An artist.
(c) A minister.
(d) A philanthropist.

14. By the mid-1890s, public sentiment is to do what, regarding trusts?
(a) Combine the trusts.
(b) Create more trusts.
(c) Curtail the trusts.
(d) Create smaller trusts.

15. What are the project's first goals to establish?
(a) High schools.
(b) Colleges.
(c) Private schools.
(d) Grade schools.

Short Answer Questions

1. Junior resigns in 1910, preferring to devote his efforts to what?

2. What does Junior begin to collect?

3. Crowds blame who?

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

5. The federal antitrust suit is filed in Missouri on November 18, 1906. Its goal is what?

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