1. Who is surmised to have given the orders to initiate the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) Marc Rich.
(b) Marvin Davis.
(c) Edmond Mantell.
(d) Ali Rezai.

2. What is the chemical number for nickel?
(a) 28.
(b) 16.
(c) 29.
(d) 14.

3. Traders of what trading company were busted by the FBI in 1981?
(a) Chemical Resources, Inc.
(b) Entergy Incorporated.
(c) Mineral Resources, Inc.
(d) Intertech Resources, Inc.

4. The scam which drove the rumor in Chapter 2 was intended to raise the prices of what?
(a) Silver and gold.
(b) Magnesium and silver.
(c) Diamonds.
(d) Gold and the U.S. dollar.

5. The author writes that in the geographical location of Europe, one could buy a metal for one dollar from a Far Eastern customer and sell it for how much to a North American customer before the day ended?
(a) $2.
(b) $3.
(c) $1.50.
(d) $5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was there a growing awareness of the creeping power of the Ronald Reagan dollar, which was gaining fiscal strength over European currencies?

2. What is the chemical symbol for gold?`

3. The price of silver rose how many cents an ounce following the rumor in Chapter 2?

4. What was the European center for the industrial trading market in the 1980s?

5. What happened to trading following the circulation of the rumor in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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