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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. 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. Rockefeller is impressed with Andrew Carnegie's comment that a man who dies rich is what?
(a) Lost.
(b) Disgraced.
(c) Rich.
(d) Worthless.

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

4. When J. P. Morgan decides to form a steel trust in 1900, he has to deal with Rockefeller. Why does Junior handle the negotiations with Morgan?
(a) Morgan trusts Junior.
(b) Morgan and Senior do not like one another.
(c) Senior is slowly giving him more responsibilities.
(d) Morgan and Senior are too busy.

5. In what is Junior interested?
(a) The oil industry.
(b) Becoming wealthy.
(c) Banking.
(d) Corporate reform.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Junior will not budge on the issue of the open shop, what happens?

2. He transfers $475 million to his children between what years with most of it going to Junior?

3. Senior remains in seclusion at ________________, avoiding the process servers.

4. What does Junior begin to collect?

5. Junior separates himself from all businesses but one. What business is this?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place in Junior's life in Chapter Thirty-three?

2. Describe the investigation of Standard Oil by the Bureau of Corporations.

3. What does Senior begin doing with his money in Chapter Thirty-two?

4. What leads and encompasses the Ludlow Massacre?

5. What deaths occur in Chapter Thirty-three?

6. Describe John D. Gates.

7. Describe John's beliefs about his fortune. How does this differ from what the critics think of his philanthropic work?

8. What happens regarding a shift in the limelight from Senior to Junior?

9. Describe the Millionaire's Special.

10. What happens when the trust begins to lose its legal battles?

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