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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What metal did Marc Rich first begin trading at Philipp Brothers?
(a) Aluminum.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Mercury.
2. Under what master mover of the precious metals did many of the new recruits work under the tutelage of at Philipp Brothers?
(a) Sam Fishman.
(b) Edmond Mantell.
(c) Pincus Green.
(d) Ali Rezai.
3. What was Marc Rich's father's occupation?
(a) Low-level trader.
(b) Postal clerk.
(c) High-level trader.
(d) College professor.
4. From where had orders been given which led to the origin of the rumor in Chapter 2?
(a) A Cuban official.
(b) A Lithuanian mountain.
(c) A Swiss mountain.
(d) An Iranian official.
5. What building did Philipp Brothers occupy five floors of in New York?
(a) World Trade Tower 1.
(b) McGraw-Hill Building.
(c) The Empire State Building.
(d) 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Short Answer Questions
1. What term does the author use in Chapter 5 to refer to young traders like Marc Rich who were trained in-house and considered the leaders of tomorrow?
2. What was being sold, but was in short supply and not physically accessible in Chapter 2?
3. What product did Marc Rich's father-in-law trade in Chapter 5?
4. When was Philipp Brothers founded?
5. What distant cousin of the Philipp Brothers was dispatched to help run the U.S. offices?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Ludwig Jesselson. How did he work with clients?
2. Why was the metal industry centered in London? How does the author describe the power of the industry in Chapter 1?
3. What happened with banking following the merger with Engelhard in Chapter 6? How did this affect Rich?
4. Where and when did Marc Rich begin his career as a metal man? What was the company like?
5. When did Rich become the manager of the Madrid office at Philipp Brothers? How was he described in this position?
6. How was Marc Rich viewed by his contemporaries when he began in the metal industry?
7. Why did Marc Rich's family move to the United States? Where did they settle? How was Rich described in school?
8. What had happened by the evening of the rumor in Chapter 2?
9. Where was Marc Rich born? What was his father like?
10. Why does the author state the Metal Men never lost in Chapter 1?
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