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

2. Where had there been no official release of the news of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) Birmingham Castle.
(b) The Roman Cathedral.
(c) The White House.
(d) New York.

3. Within seven short years in trading, how much money had Marc Rich established in his personal empire?
(a) $15 billion.
(b) $5 billion.
(c) $40 billion.
(d) $10 billion.

4. What company did Marc Rich buy as a tax shelter to hide his massive cash assets?
(a) Pixar.
(b) Warner Brothers.
(c) 20th Century Fox.
(d) CNN.

5. Where did Philipp Brothers establish a firm it was miraculously able to keep alive during World War I?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Oslo.
(d) Warsaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes in Chapter 1 that metal trading was a shadowy world in which huge amounts of money were traded and, to play in that arena, one had to be "extremely smart, stupid or " what?

2. How much money was Marc Rich required to pay per day in fines rather than relinquish corporate records that could land him in jail?

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

4. What company had Marc Rich begun working at immediately after dropping out of college?

5. Where did Marc Rich's family settle in the United States?

(see the answer key)

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