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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. There are railroad and bank failures and massive unemployment. What happens to Standard Oil and the other trusts?
(a) They disband.
(b) They grow weak.
(c) They support each other.
(d) They remain healthy.

2. As Senior becomes more reclusive, the limelight shifts to Junior and focuses on the wealth he will inherit. Does Junior like the limelight?
(a) Yes.
(b) Only at first.
(c) No.
(d) Only much later in life.

3. Unlike some other oil men, John D. feels that oil will be what?
(a) A nuisance.
(b) A waste of time and money.
(c) A problem to be dealt with in the future.
(d) The basis of a coming economic revolutions.

4. In April 1901 a train full of millionaires, dubbed ____________, including Junior, tours the South, touring black colleges, most of which have been financed with money from the North.
(a) The Millionaire's Special.
(b) The Millionaire's Journey.
(c) The Millionaire's Trip.
(d) The Millionaire's Train.

5. The great trust begins to lose its legal battles. Their Indiana company receives a ___________ fine.
(a) $294 million.
(b) $2.4 billion.
(c) $2.9 million.
(d) $29.4 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rockefeller becomes involved in what industry under Gates?

2. John D. is very concerned with displaying what?

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

4. Rockefeller now controls ________ percent of the U.S. oil that is refined.

5. Public sentiment against what begins to grow?

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