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The House of Morgan | Quiz

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1)

When does England go off the gold standard? (from Part 2 Chapter 17 Depression)

1935.
1933.
1929.
1931.
2)

Who is Asher Edelman? (from Part 3 Chapter 35 Bull)

Partner in Morgan Stanley.
Corporate raider.
Trader.
Lawyer.
3)

Who is Charles E. Coughlin? (from Part 2 Chapter 19 Crack-up)

A radio priest.
A Morgan partner.
A Morgan friend.
A friend of President Hoover.
4)

President Hoover believes that there was a Wall Street conspiracy against him that is engaging in what? (from Part 2 Chapter 18 Midget)

Selling secrets.
Long selling.
Selling loans.
Short selling.
5)

Why does Mussolini invade Ethopia? (from Part 2 Chapter 20 Wizard)

To get supplie for Italy.
To help Hitler.
To build an East African empire.
To settle a dispute with Ethopia.
6)

What happens to Morgan's Leonard Rist of the Paris Morgan office when the Nazis arrive? (from Part 2 Chapter 23 Hostages)

He leaves Paris before the Nazis arrived.
He is arrested by the Nazis.
He is killed by the Nazis.
He continues to work at the Morgan office.
7)

When does Morgan Stanley go public? (from Part 3 Chapter 35 Bull)

1980.
1984.
1982.
1986.
8)

Who is Stephen Sui-Kwan Wang, Jr? (from Part 3 Chapter 36 Skyscraper)

A Morgan Guaranty employee involved in insider trading.
A Morgan Grenfell employee involved in insider trading.
A Morgan Stanley employee involved in insider trading.
A government employee.
9)

Who does the US military ask to visit Germany and assess their air power? (from Part 2 Chapter 22 Appeasement)

Joseph Kennedy.
Jack Morgan.
Waldorf Astor.
Charles Lindbergh.
10)

Who is Marriner Stoddard Eccles? (from Part 2 Chapter 19 Crack-up)

A Senator.
A radio priest.
A Utah banker.
A Morgan partner.
11)

Who heads the Mergers and Acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley? (from Part 3 Chapter 29 Samurai)

John Stevens.
Robert Baldwin.
Lewis Bernard.
Bob Greenhill.
12)

What new business does JP Morgan enter into as a corporation that it could not do as a partnership? (from Part 2 Chapter 24 Passages)

Trust business.
Bonds.
Securities.
Home loans.
13)

Who introduces obligatory military service to Germany in the 1930s? (from Part 2 Chapter 20 Wizard)

Goring.
Hitler.
Schmidt.
The Secretary of the Army.
14)

How long was Gebauer's prison sentence for embezzlement? (from Part 3 Chapter 32 Samba)

3 1/2 years.
10 years.
8 years.
5 years.
15)

Who was Ferdinand Pecora? (from Part 2 Chapter 18 Midget)

A senator.
A Morgan partner.
A friend of President Hoover's.
A lawyer who headed up an investigation of Wall Street.
16)

How much does Morgan Grenfell make on the American Tobacco deal? (from Part 3 Chapter 28 Tabloid)

$1 million.
$2 million.
$250,000.
$100,000.
17)

How much did Tony Gebauer embezzle? (from Part 3 Chapter 32 Samba)

Over $6 million.
Over $10 million.
Over $1 million.
Over $8 milliion.
18)

What entire industry does Morgan Grenfell handle after the war? (from Part 3 Chapter 26 Mavericks)

Aluminum.
Oil.
Electrical industry.
Railroads.
19)

Who heads the Corporate Finance Department of Morgan Grenfell? (from Part 3 Chapter 34 Bang)

George Magan.
Graham Walsh.
Roger Seelig.
Geoffrey Collier.
20)

When does Nabisco use an LBO for hostile raid? (from Part 3 Chapter 36 Skyscraper)

1986.
1988.
1987.
1989.
21)

The repeal of the Neutrality Acts allows who to purchase arms from the US? (from Part 2 Chapter 22 Appeasement)

Anyone.
Nations who are friends of nations at war.
Nations friendly to the US.
Nations at war.
22)

When does Morgan Stanley open its Tokyo office? (from Part 3 Chapter 27 Jonah)

1970.
1969.
1972.
1965
23)

When does JP Morgan and Company become a corporation? (from Part 2 Chapter 24 Passages)

December 1940.
June 1940.
February 1940.
January 1940.
24)

Who owns the London tabloid, News of the World? (from Part 3 Chapter 28 Tabloid)

The Murdochs.
The Morgans.
The Carrs.
The Harcourts.
25)

What is the purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation? (from Part 2 Chapter 18 Midget)

To make loans.
To buy property.
To rebuild inner cities.
To help rebuild farms.
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