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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Big Bill does not accompany his family to Richford when they move and does not appear in the area until 1835, posing as what?
(a) An actor.
(b) A scientist.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A blind and deaf peddler.

2. By 1870, there is so much overproduction and falling prices that John D. begins to worry about what?
(a) The economy.
(b) His wealth.
(c) His health.
(d) His family.

3. There are _________________ during the post civil War period.
(a) Debts to settle.
(b) Slaves to set free.
(c) Fortunes to be lost.
(d) Fortunes to be made.

4. In the spring of what year does a grand jury in Pennsylvania delivers indictments against Rockefeller, Flagler and other Standard executives?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1875.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1897.

5. In 1860, the first kerosene is made in what city by C. A. Dean?
(a) Lexington.
(b) Indianapolis.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Pittsburgh.

6. The Rockefellers live in Moravia on ninety acres on one of the Finger Lakes, _________________.
(a) Cayuga Lake.
(b) Owasco Lake.
(c) Seneca Lake.
(d) Oneida Lake.

7. John D. and Cettie keep their circle of friends from business, family and church and never go where?
(a) Outside.
(b) To clubs.
(c) To restaurants.
(d) Out of the city.

8. In ________ Johann Peter Rockefeller immigrates to America and settles in New Jersey.
(a) 1723.
(b) 1742.
(c) 1732.
(d) 1724.

9. The children are overly protected and educated where?
(a) In a private school.
(b) At home.
(c) In a boarding school.
(d) At a local school.

10. Big Bill runs a _______________ business and a hired worker who runs his farm.
(a) Logging.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Merchandise.
(d) Oil.

11. In 1864, John D. marries Laura Celestia Spelman, called Cettie. Where did he first meet her?
(a) Church.
(b) High school.
(c) College.
(d) Grammar school.

12. At this time, John D. is also buying the New York refineries through who?
(a) His father, Bill.
(b) His friend, George.
(c) His brother William.
(d) His brother, Frank.

13. By the middle of 1880, more than __________ percent of American oil is shipped abroad.
(a) Sixty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Seventy.

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

15. John D. paces himself for what reason?
(a) He is very ill.
(b) To not get overly tired.
(c) To improve his productivity.
(d) To improve his health.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1850s, whole oil is used to fuel what?

2. The country is expanding to the west and new oil companies are forming, and the Standard trust divides the continent into ________ marketing districts.

3. In August 1868, John D. moves his family to a house on _________ Avenue in an area that is called millionaires' row.

4. They have a son, ________________ Rockefeller who is born in Granger, New York in 1810.

5. The only competition to Standard is what company?

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