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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. When John D. helps Big Bill buy a North Dakota ranch, he does it in such a way that who can never have any claims to it?
(a) Margaret Allen.
(b) Martha Allison.
(c) Mary Allerton.
(d) Macy Alexander.

2. Oil is found in the Western United States, as well as in what states?
(a) Kentucky and Indiana.
(b) West Virginia and Kentucky.
(c) Indiana and Ohio.
(d) Ohio and Kentucky.

3. They dissolve their partnership when and agree to auction the firm to the highest bidder?
(a) April 1865.
(b) July 1865.
(c) February 1865.
(d) September 1865.

4. Rockefeller's Cleveland refineries are further from what area than the Oil Regions refineries are?
(a) The East Coast.
(b) The Great Lakes.
(c) The Gulf Coast.
(d) The West Coast.

5. By the middle of 1880, more than __________ percent of American oil is shipped abroad.
(a) Sixty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year do John D. and Maurice B. Clark open their own business?

2. The townspeople in Richford begin to refer to Big Bill as what?

3. Big Bill runs a _______________ business and a hired worker who runs his farm.

4. Big Bill brings his former housekeeper and mistress, _______________, to live with them and has children with both women.

5. Economic development is ___________ as a result of the war.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Rockefeller homes.

2. Describe John D.'s life while living on Euclid Avenue.

3. What is the Pittsburgh Plan? Why is it dissolved?

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

5. How does John D. end up with control with the largest oil refinery in Cleveland?

6. How is John D. affected by the invention of the light bulb and natural gas?

7. Describe the economy during the post Civil War period.

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

9. What activities reflect John D.'s personality and interests?

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

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