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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is her father considered to be a rich man?
(a) His farm is paid off and he has a little money.
(b) He is a senator.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He has a great deal of money.

2. When Rockefeller fights rival pipeline companies, he begins to run into opposition from whom?
(a) The government.
(b) Other refiners.
(c) The government and the public.
(d) The public.

3. By May ________, Rockefeller controls all the major refineries in the nation and few people outside of the oil industry have ever heard of him.
(a) 1875.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1877.

4. Rockefeller now sets a goal of absorbing what refiners into Standard Oil and he easily succeeds in absorbing the two largest refiners?
(a) The Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
(b) The Columbus and Cleveland.
(c) The Philadelphia and New York.
(d) The Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

5. They have a ____________ long honeymoon in Canada and along the East Coast.
(a) Year.
(b) Week.
(c) Month.
(d) Six-month.

Short Answer Questions

1. Unlike some other oil men, John D. feels that oil will be what?

2. He eventually marries who in 1837?

3. Economic development is ___________ as a result of the war.

4. Oil prices tumble and Rockefeller absorbs another group of failing competitors. They have to do this secretly for what reason?

5. They dissolve their partnership when and agree to auction the firm to the highest bidder?

(see the answer key)

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