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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There are railroad and bank failures and massive unemployment. What happens to Standard Oil and the other trusts?
(a) They disband.
(b) They support each other.
(c) They grow weak.
(d) They remain healthy.

2. They dine with Senior every ____________.
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Holiday.
(d) Saturday.

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

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

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

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

7. John D. is very impressed with William Rainey Harper, whom he meets while visiting Bessie. At what college is Bessie?
(a) At Brown.
(b) At Vassar.
(c) At Harvard.
(d) At Yale.

8. The government wins its antitrust case against Standard oil of New Jersey which is ordered to divest itself of its subsidiaries. The Supreme Court upholds the verdict on May 15, 1911, giving the trust six months to divest. What does the divestiture do to Rockefeller?
(a) It destroys him.
(b) It weakens him.
(c) It makes him now only the fifth wealthiest man in the world.
(d) It makes him even richer.

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

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

11. The media response to the Rockefeller philanthropy is what?
(a) He is expressing his religious views.
(b) He is showing how much he cares.
(c) He is trying to buy a good reputation.
(d) He is trying to support those in need.

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

13. Does Standard Oil remain silent throughout the series?
(a) Only at first.
(b) Yes.
(c) Only at the end of the series.
(d) No.

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

15. Chapter Thirty Three opens with the death of who in April 1917?
(a) Frank.
(b) William.
(c) Abby.
(d) Junior.

Short Answer Questions

1. Senior begins transferring his wealth to Junior in 1917 due to what reason?

2. The Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating what?

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

4. 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.

5. The Elkins Act is passed in 1903 with penalties for what?

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