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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. By 1891, John D. is grooming _________ as his successor and is gradually shifting responsibilities to him.
(a) Flagler.
(b) Frank.
(c) Junior.
(d) William.

2. What does a change in New Jersey law legalize?
(a) Monopolies.
(b) Holding companies.
(c) Oil mining.
(d) Banking.

3. Junior separates himself from all businesses but one. What business is this?
(a) His philanthropies.
(b) His family.
(c) His mining business in Colorado.
(d) Standard Oil.

4. The nation suffers the most severe depression ever in June of what year?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1895.

5. Union organizers are trying to form a union and the companies bring in what?
(a) Peace makers.
(b) Federal troops.
(c) The National Guard.
(d) Armed guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Standard Oil remain silent throughout the series?

2. As Senior becomes more reclusive, the limelight shifts to Junior and focuses on the wealth he will inherit. Does Junior like the limelight?

3. In 1897, why does the Ohio Attorney General feel the Ohio company is in contempt of court?

4. There are eight hundred _____________________ by 1910 as a result of the efforts of the GEB.

5. John D. continues to single-handed support what university until 1910?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place when Junior decides he wants to separate from all businesses but one, his mining business in Colorado?

2. What is public sentiment regarding trusts by the mid-1890s? What happens in 1897?

3. What does Senior begin doing with his money in Chapter Thirty-two?

4. What does John D. for William Rainey Harper? Why?

5. Describe the Rockefeller family's involvement in banking.

6. What happens when the trust begins to lose its legal battles?

7. What happens when the Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating that control of the Ohio company has been transferred out of state, in violation of its Ohio charter.

8. Describe the investigation of Standard Oil by the Bureau of Corporations.

9. Describe the federal antitrust suit filed in Missouri.

10. What happens regarding a shift in the limelight from Senior to Junior?

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