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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. The ________________ begins its investigation of Standard Oil.
(a) Federal Bureau of Investigations.
(b) Bureau of Corporations.
(c) Secret Service.
(d) The Better Business Bureau.

2. During testimony about the incident, Junior claims he had ________ knowledge of the situation in Colorado.
(a) No.
(b) A great deal of.
(c) Some.
(d) Very little.

3. What occurs on January 31, 1910?
(a) A mine collapse.
(b) A fight.
(c) An explosion.
(d) A strike.

4. Junior enters Brown University in what year?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1888.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1893.

5. The President has plans for a new cabinet department that will have what which can investigate the trusts?
(a) A Federal Bureau of Investigations.
(b) A Bureau of Corporations.
(c) A Secret Service.
(d) A Bureau of Detectives.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1922, who dies of pneumonia?

2. The great trust begins to lose its legal battles. Their Indiana company receives a ___________ fine.

3. Junior resigns in 1910, preferring to devote his efforts to what?

4. Union organizers are trying to form a union and the companies bring in what?

5. Standard Oil is the kind of trust that Roosevelt wants to do what to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What results from this trip to the south?

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

4. How does Rockefeller support the field of medicine?

5. By 1891, what is John D. doing regarding Flagler?

6. How does John change after Cettie's death?

7. What happens when the Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating that control of the Ohio company has been transferred out of state, in violation of its Ohio charter.

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

9. Describe John D. Gates.

10. Describe the dealings between J.P. Morgan and John D. Rockefeller.

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