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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. He meets Abby Aldrich near the end of his _____________ year.
(a) Freshman.
(b) Sophomore.
(c) Senior.
(d) Junior.

2. He transfers $475 million to his children between what years with most of it going to Junior?
(a) 1917 and 1918.
(b) 1917 and 1919.
(c) 1917 and 1920.
(d) 1917 and 1922.

3. Junior separates himself from all businesses but one. What business is this?
(a) His family.
(b) His mining business in Colorado.
(c) Standard Oil.
(d) His philanthropies.

4. There is more opposition to Standard Oil as what is formed by a group of independents?
(a) The Sun Oil Company.
(b) The Pure Oil Company.
(c) The British Patroleum Company.
(d) The Exxon Company.

5. The Rockefellers acquire what bank which handles most of the trust companies?
(a) National City Bank.
(b) The Equitable Trust Bank.
(c) Chase Bank.
(d) Capital One Bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Elkins Act is passed in 1903 with penalties for what?

2. Senior begins transferring his wealth to Junior in 1917 due to what reason?

3. There are railroad and bank failures and massive unemployment. What happens to Standard Oil and the other trusts?

4. He agrees to Harper's plan to establish a university in what city?

5. The federal antitrust suit is filed in Missouri on November 18, 1906. Its goal is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Junior in Chapter Nineteen.

2. What problems exist in Senior's life by 1903?

3. 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.

4. Describe life in the Rockefeller family in Chapter Thirty-two.

5. What takes place when Junior decides he wants to separate from all businesses but one, his mining business in Colorado?

6. What does Reverend Augustus H. Strong want from Rockefeller? What does John D. think of this?

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

8. What is public sentiment regarding trusts by the mid-1890s? What happens in 1897?

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

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

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