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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. In April 1901 a train full of millionaires, dubbed ____________, including Junior, tours the South, touring black colleges, most of which have been financed with money from the North.
(a) The Millionaire's Special.
(b) The Millionaire's Train.
(c) The Millionaire's Journey.
(d) The Millionaire's Trip.

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

3. He agrees to Harper's plan to establish a university in what city?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) San Francisco.

4. Reverend Augustus H. Strong wants Rockefeller to finance what in New York?
(a) A Lutheran university.
(b) A Catholic university.
(c) A Baptist university.
(d) A Presbyterian university.

5. Unlike John D., William is active in what?
(a) The iron ore industry.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Stock market trading.
(d) The banking industry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Junior begin to collect?

3. Junior is shaken by the Ludlow affair. How does he emerge?

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?

5. What does John D. believe about his fortune?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Junior in Chapter Nineteen.

4. Describe the Millionaire's Special.

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

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

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

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

9. What complications exist regarding Cettie's death?

10. What deaths occur in Chapter Thirty-three?

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