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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is her father considered to be a rich man?
(a) His farm is paid off and he has a little money.
(b) He is a senator.
(c) He has a great deal of money.
(d) He is a doctor.

2. In August of 1855, he begins looking for employment for what reason?
(a) So he can support his family.
(b) So he can care for his father.
(c) So he does not have to depend on his father.
(d) So he can something to keep him busy.

3. Rockefeller begins to integrate vertically for what reason?
(a) To insure high volume and low costs.
(b) To insure low volumen and high costs.
(c) To insure high volume and high costs.
(d) To insure low volume and low costs.

4. At this time, his friends come from the community at the _______________ church where he is very active in church activities.
(a) Catholic.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Lutheran.

5. What helps John D. in his business life?
(a) Religion.
(b) His wealth.
(c) His friends.
(d) His common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1850s, whole oil is used to fuel what?

2. Are the Rockefellers practitioners of conspicuous consumption?

3. Public sentiment against what begins to grow?

4. By May ________, Rockefeller controls all the major refineries in the nation and few people outside of the oil industry have ever heard of him.

5. In 1878 Thomas Edison invents what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is John D. involved in the Baptist church? How does he benefit from this?

2. How does John deal with the turbulent economy of the later part of the nineteenth century?

3. What are the results of new oil discoveries in Pennsylvania?

4. Describe the Rockefeller homes.

5. What does Rockefeller do to insure high volume and low costs?

6. What does Big Bill do in Moravia?

7. Describe the history of the Rockefeller family prior to John D.'s birth.

8. Describe the formation and beginning of Standard Oil. What problems arise?

9. What does John D. do to keep his father's bigamist lifestyle a secret?

10. Describe Big Bill's marriage to Eliza and their living arrangements for the first part of their marriage.

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