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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John D. continues to single-handed support what university until 1910?
(a) Kent State University.
(b) The University of Chicago.
(c) Northwestern University.
(d) The University of Akron.

2. Senior remains in seclusion at ________________, avoiding the process servers.
(a) Pont Neuf.
(b) Poncantico.
(c) Santa Monica.
(d) Cancun.

3. Chapter Thirty Three opens with the death of who in April 1917?
(a) Abby.
(b) Frank.
(c) Junior.
(d) William.

4. Who is in charge of the project?
(a) Senior.
(b) Frank.
(c) Junior.
(d) William.

5. As a result of this trip, Rockefeller funds _________________ which receives a perpetual federal charter for the promotion of education regardless of race, sex or creed.
(a) The General Education board.
(b) The Great Education board.
(c) The George Edmunds board.
(d) The Generous Educating board.

6. Who is publishing her scathing expose of Standard Oil at this time?
(a) Idina Menzell.
(b) Ida Tarbell.
(c) India Wilkes.
(d) Ada McClure.

7. A group known as what is active on Wall Street and consists of Henry H. Rogers, James Stillman and William Rockefeller?
(a) The Standard Oil Crowd.
(b) The Banking Crowd.
(c) The Millionaire's Crowd.
(d) The Oil Crowd.

8. They dine with Senior every ____________.
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Holiday.
(d) Sunday.

9. By the mid-1890s, public sentiment is to do what, regarding trusts?
(a) Create smaller trusts.
(b) Curtail the trusts.
(c) Combine the trusts.
(d) Create more trusts.

10. What has Standard Oil done with some records that have been requested by the court?
(a) They have lost them.
(b) They have burned them.
(c) They have given them to the court.
(d) They have thrown them away.

11. The media response to the Rockefeller philanthropy is what?
(a) He is showing how much he cares.
(b) He is trying to buy a good reputation.
(c) He is expressing his religious views.
(d) He is trying to support those in need.

12. John D. is now in his eighties and has what goal?
(a) Spend the rest of his life with his family.
(b) To live to one hundred.
(c) To relax the rest of his life.
(d) Give all his money away to charities.

13. John D. is very impressed with William Rainey Harper, whom he meets while visiting Bessie. At what college is Bessie?
(a) At Yale.
(b) At Brown.
(c) At Vassar.
(d) At Harvard.

14. John and Abby buy a new house and begin to spend their summers where?
(a) At Great Cranberry in Maine.
(b) At Islesford In Maine.
(c) At Swans Island in Maine.
(d) At Mount Desert Island in Maine.

15. He meets Abby Aldrich near the end of his _____________ year.
(a) Senior.
(b) Freshman.
(c) Junior.
(d) Sophomore.

Short Answer Questions

1. When J. P. Morgan decides to form a steel trust in 1900, he has to deal with Rockefeller. Why does Junior handle the negotiations with Morgan?

2. 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.

3. Junior enters Brown University in what year?

4. His father purchases the Colorado Fuel and Iron company in what year?

5. In 1903, Junior begins asking his father to publish an authorized biography for what reason?

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