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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. The last pocket of resistance lies with what refiners and they are brought into the fold by 1877?
(a) The New Jersey and New York.
(b) The Baltimore and Boston.
(c) The New York and Virginia.
(d) The Baltimore and West Virginia.

2. In 1878 Thomas Edison invents what?
(a) Natural gas.
(b) The light bulb.
(c) The telephone.
(d) The radio.

3. Due to their distance from the region mentioned in #49, what did Cleveland refineries face?
(a) Unsteady transportation costs.
(b) No transportation costs.
(c) Lower transportation costs.
(d) Higher transportation costs.

4. 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 family.
(d) His health.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Big Bill married for what reason?

2. Big Bill does not accompany his family to Richford when they move and does not appear in the area until 1835, posing as what?

3. Over the 1877 to 1883 period, they gradually shift their residence from ____________.

4. By the middle of 1880, more than __________ percent of American oil is shipped abroad.

5. They live where for the first six months of their marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is John D. involved in the Baptist church? How does he benefit from this?

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

3. Describe the Rockefeller homes.

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

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

6. How does John deal with the turbulent economy of the later part of the nineteenth century?

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

8. Describe John D.'s relationship with Laura Celestia Spelman.

9. Describe the oil industry in the middle of 1880.

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

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