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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. William is involved with what bank?
(a) National City Bank.
(b) The Equitable Trust Bank.
(c) HSBC.
(d) Chase Bank.

2. What does John D. believe about his fortune?
(a) It upsets other people, so he should donate some to please others.
(b) It is a surprise to him, and he plans on enlarging it.
(c) It is a gift from God to be used in the betterment of mankind.
(d) It is too much for one person and should be given away.

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

4. What does the news of the fine cause?
(a) A rise in the stock market.
(b) Mass hysteria.
(c) The Great Depression.
(d) A stock market slump and bank panics.

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

6. John D. spends most of his time where?
(a) At his Lakewood golf retreat in New Jersey or his home in Florida.
(b) At various gatherings in Cleveland.
(c) In his office in New York.
(d) With his family.

7. Rockefeller is continually besieged with requests for what?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Help.
(c) Advice.
(d) Money.

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

9. Cettie dies on _____________.
(a) March 12, 1925.
(b) March 12, 1915.
(c) March 12, 1918.
(d) March 12, 1951.

10. Standard Oil is the kind of trust that Roosevelt wants to do what to?
(a) Improve.
(b) Create.
(c) Understand.
(d) Bust.

11. When Junior will not budge on the issue of the open shop, what happens?
(a) The National Guard is sent to Colorado.
(b) Peace makers are sent to Colorado.
(c) Federal troops are sent to Colorado.
(d) Private security is sent to Colorado.

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

13. Rockefeller is impressed with Andrew Carnegie's comment that a man who dies rich is what?
(a) Worthless.
(b) Rich.
(c) Disgraced.
(d) Lost.

14. The Morgan Theological Seminary is transferred to the new university and Harper is its president. It opens on October 1, ________.
(a) 1892.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1895.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Archbold, deciding they need representation in Congress, begins doing what?

2. Union organizers are trying to form a union and the companies bring in what?

3. The nation suffers the most severe depression ever in June of what year?

4. In 1907, John D. buys Roger's shares of what stock?

5. A group known as what is active on Wall Street and consists of Henry H. Rogers, James Stillman and William Rockefeller?

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