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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author writes in Chapter 14 that Robbie Lichtenstern became a great metal trader because he loved what?
(a) Danger.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Debate.
(d) Challenges.

2. In Chapter 7, Rich made a deal with Iran in which Rich agreed to pay how much over the current barrel price?
(a) $2.
(b) $8.
(c) $5.
(d) $10.

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

4. To whom did Rich turn for operating cash with his new business in Chapter 8?
(a) Ali Rezai.
(b) Marvin Davis.
(c) Robbie Lichtenstern.
(d) William May.

5. The town where Rich and Pinky set up their headquarters allowed individuals to conduct business by doing what?
(a) Registering at a council.
(b) Paying a bribe.
(c) Putting up a sign.
(d) Signing a petition.

6. The author writes in Chapter 7 that Rich was well aware that the executives where had no idea what went into making these huge oil deals?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Oslo.
(d) Paris.

7. How many top traders left with Rich and Pinky who had begun their own business in Chapter 7?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 10.

8. How much money did Marc Rich lose because his employee hoarded tin too long in Chapter 12?
(a) $100 million.
(b) $200 million.
(c) $50 million.
(d) $150 million.

9. What was the greatest problem facing Philipp Brothers and their trading of oil?
(a) Storage and transportation.
(b) Governmental controls.
(c) Finding buyers.
(d) Finding sellers.

10. What was the name that Rich registered his company in Chapter 8?
(a) Green + Rich, Inc.
(b) Rich + Green AG.
(c) Rich + Co. Inc.
(d) Marc Rich + Co. AG.

11. Arab members of OPEC alarmed the world when they used the "oil weapon" during the Yom Kippur War by implementing oil embargoes and initiating an oil crisis in what year?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1973.

12. How many of traders were in Rich's core team after a year in his own business?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

13. Of what did the new office of Marc Rich remind most people in Chapter 12?
(a) A castle.
(b) An Arabian palace.
(c) A modernist painting.
(d) Starship Enterprise.

14. What did Jesselson order Rich to do after he'd made the oil deal with Iran in Chapter 7?
(a) Find a seller.
(b) Find a buyer.
(c) Talk to the Board.
(d) Quit his job.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Robbie Lichtenstern die?

2. When did the Ayatollah Khomeini take control of Iran?

3. How old was Robbie Lichtenstern when he died?

4. What did the man who raided the offices of Philipp Brothers at gunpoint demand in Chapter 10?

5. With what did Marc Rich often pay for Iranian oil?

(see the answer keys)

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