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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 13 Jazz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What company is the forerunner of what eventually becomes J.P. Morgan and Company?
(a) George Peabody and Company.
(b) J.S. Morgan and Company.
(c) Duncan, Sherman, and Company.
(d) Drexel, Morgan, and Company.

2. What city is the center of the financial world when this book opens?
(a) New York.
(b) London.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) Paris.

3. With regard to his philanthropic goals, what does Jack Morgan collect?
(a) Original manuscripts dated before the 1700s.
(b) Paintings from the 1700s.
(c) Original manuscripts dated before the 1500s.
(d) Paintings from the 1500s.

4. Where does Jack buy property for the Morgan Memorial Park as a memorial for Jessie?
(a) New York City.
(b) Boston.
(c) Glen Cove.
(d) Hartford.

5. How much money are Morgan partners rumored to make in a year?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $500,000.
(c) $100,000.
(d) $2 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack build in his father's memory?

2. Who assumes a leadership role at the House of Morgan when Henry Davis dies?

3. In what year does the bomb, attributed to anarchists, explode outside Morgan's Wall Street building?

4. The Northern Securities Company is a holding company for what?

5. Among the four Morgan partnerships, what is the only common denominator?

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