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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. Over the 1877 to 1883 period, they gradually shift their residence from ____________.
(a) Forest Hill to Euclid Avenue.
(b) Euclid Avenue to Forest Hill.
(c) From Euclid Avenue to New York City.
(d) From Forest Hill to New York City.

2. John D. preaches what to his workers?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Temperance.
(c) Hope.
(d) Faith.

3. Associations are being formed for what purpose?
(a) To stop production.
(b) To increase production.
(c) To slow production.
(d) To limit production.

4. In 1878 Thomas Edison invents what?
(a) The telephone.
(b) Natural gas.
(c) The light bulb.
(d) The radio.

5. By May ________, Rockefeller controls all the major refineries in the nation and few people outside of the oil industry have ever heard of him.
(a) 1855.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1877.

Short Answer Questions

1. The only competition to Standard is what company?

2. Big Bill does not accompany his family to Richford when they move and does not appear in the area until 1835, posing as what?

3. As what is Bill known?

4. The boys are enrolled in school and eventually the family moves to what city in the mid 1830s and then to a farm in Parma?

5. In ________ Johann Peter Rockefeller immigrates to America and settles in New Jersey.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the oil industry in the middle of 1880.

5. Describe the Rockefeller homes.

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

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

8. What does Big Bill do in Moravia?

9. Describe the relationship between John D. Rockefeller and John D. Archbold.

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

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