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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. John D. now has control of the largest oil refinery in Cleveland at the age of ______________ along with his new partner, Am Andrews.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Twenty-one.
(d) Twenty-five.

3. The Rockefeller have how many children who survive?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

4. John D. is very concerned with displaying what?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Power.
(c) His family.
(d) His failings.

5. Economic development is ___________ as a result of the war.
(a) Started.
(b) Stopped.
(c) Accelerated.
(d) Decelerated.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bill continues his wanderings and becomes a ___________ when he marries Margaret Allen in 1855.

3. Oil is the________ largest export of the United States with the major competition being Russia, and it is cheaper to produce oil in Russia than it is in America.

4. In 1860, the first kerosene is made in what city by C. A. Dean?

5. After the end of the SIC, Rockefeller comes up with a new plan, called what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Rockefeller does to control those in transport.

2. How does John D. end up with control with the largest oil refinery in Cleveland?

3. Describe the Rockefeller homes.

4. Describe John D.'s life while living on Euclid Avenue.

5. Describe the history of the Rockefeller family prior to John D.'s birth.

6. Describe the economy during the post Civil War period.

7. What is the Pittsburgh Plan? Why is it dissolved?

8. What does Big Bill do in Moravia?

9. How is John D. affected by the invention of the light bulb and natural gas?

10. What activities reflect John D.'s personality and interests?

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