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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Enrico Mattei did what to change the oil situation in the Middle East?
(a) Refused to buy from Egypt
(b) Bought oil from Saudi Arabia
(c) Broke the 50/50 rule
(d) Negotiated with Iran

2. Britain and France joined with what country to plan an attack on Egypt?
(a) Japan
(b) Germany
(c) The United States
(d) Israel

3. Exxon spent a billion dollars on what in 1980?
(a) A platform in the Bay of Fundy
(b) A lawsuit from Texaco
(c) Shale oil development
(d) Reassuring consumers with advertising

4. What concerns have taken center stage in regard to the oil industry?
(a) Tensions in the United States
(b) Environmental
(c) Having too much oil
(d) Oil company monopolies

5. Which country placed troops in the Canal Zone to protect it for oil purposes?
(a) Germany
(b) England
(c) Brazil
(d) Japan

6. When did traffic in the Canal resume after the attack?
(a) 1970
(b) 1957
(c) 1913
(d) 1942

7. Which country seized Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights?
(a) Russia
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Israel
(d) Germany

8. In what year was OPEC founded?
(a) 1975
(b) 1960
(c) 1991
(d) 1922

9. On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a massive coordinated attack on which country?
(a) India
(b) Israel
(c) Saudi Arabia
(d) Japan

10. Mohammed Reza Pahlavi was placed in control of what country?
(a) Syria
(b) Saudi Arabia
(c) Israel
(d) Iran

11. Who was named Saudi Arabia's Director of Oil and Mining Affairs?
(a) Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso
(b) Abdullah Tariki
(c) Gamal Abedel Nasser
(d) President Betancourt

12. The grounding of the Exxon Valdez in Prince William Sound happened in what year?
(a) 1989
(b) 1973
(c) 1981
(d) 1962

13. What was one of OPEC's goals when it was founded?
(a) To restore the price of oil to its precut level
(b) To sell oil as cheaply as possible
(c) To keep Western nations out of Arabia
(d) To take over the world's oil production

14. Which oil company was among those who called for the U.S. to change its policy on Israel?
(a) Shell
(b) Texaco
(c) BP
(d) Mobile

15. In 1962, what television show became a hit, celebrating the "black gold" that had transformed the face of America?
(a) Green Acres
(b) Leave it to Beaver
(c) M.A.S.H.
(d) The Beverly Hillbillies

Short Answer Questions

1. What cut the travel time between England and India in half?

2. In 1986, how many oil ministers met in Saudi Arabia and agreed on $18 per barrel plus a new quota system?

3. Oil producing countries were assigned quotas with what target in mind per day?

4. What was the main determinant of energy and oil consumption?

5. What weakened OPEC's position?

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