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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Marc Rich attend college?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) New York University.
(d) Princeton University.

2. With what were the traders who were busted by the FBI in 1981 charged?
(a) Money laundering and grand larceny.
(b) Money laundering and embezzlement.
(c) Fraud and embezzlement.
(d) Fraud and grand larceny.

3. In what year was the U.S. dollar no longer backed by gold?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1971.

4. The author writes in Chapter 6 that solid relationships with what were essential in the trading world?
(a) Governments.
(b) Banks.
(c) Customers.
(d) Officials.

5. What was the name of Marc Rich's father?
(a) Chaim Reich.
(b) Abraham Rich.
(c) David Reich.
(d) David Rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had there been no official release of the news of the rumor in Chapter 2?

2. What is the chemical symbol for silver?

3. What publicly owned company did Philipp Brothers merge with in Chapter 5?

4. 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?

5. Who is surmised to have given the orders to initiate the rumor in Chapter 2?

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