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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12 and 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Rich line up oil contracts representing 200,000 to 300,000 barrels per day in Chapter 9?
(a) Nigeria.
(b) Russia.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Lithuania.

2. What did Marc Rich later say was the best thing he ever did for his image?
(a) Buying 20th Century Fox.
(b) Selling his oil tanker.
(c) Buying CNN Corporation.
(d) Buying MGM.

3. Where did Rich and Pinky set up the headquarters for their company in Chapter 8?
(a) Bern, Switzerland.
(b) Zug, Switzerland.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Oslo, Norway.

4. How much money did Marc Rich make in his first year in his new business in Chapter 9?
(a) $20 million.
(b) $5 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $14 million.

5. The author writes in Chapter 6 that Rich was well aware that OPEC's demand for ______ would lead to an oil glut that the globe could not handle.
(a) Money.
(b) More production.
(c) Less production.
(d) Trade embargoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Rich became the manager of Philipp Brothers' Madrid office?

2. In Chapter 8 a deal was struck whereby Rich would be provided with how many barrels of oil daily?

3. Who among Marc Rich's contemporaries at Philipp Brothers took to the young trader?

4. What term refers to a "source of emulation," also known as a Grand Ayatollah in Twelver Shi'a Islam?

5. In what year did Marc Rich marry, according to Chapter 5?

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