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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 19 Crack-up.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was George Peabody born?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) London, England.
(d) Danvers, Massachusetts.

2. After Pierpont dies, who becomes the Morgan's manager on a day-to-day basis?
(a) Harry Davison.
(b) John Adams.
(c) Jack Morgan.
(d) George Perkins.

3. Among the four Morgan partnerships, what is the only common denominator?
(a) The percentage of profits that Pierpont took from each.
(b) Pierpont's position as senior partner.
(c) The business of the partnerships.
(d) The clients of the partnerships.

4. When does the stock market crash in Japan?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1929.

5. After the 1929 crash of the US stock market, where does the investment market switch to?
(a) France.
(b) Japan.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacks interlocking directorates between banks and industrial companies?

2. The Morgans were instrumental in helping Sosthenes Behn build what?

3. When does the stock market hit bottom?

4. What percentage of General Motors Company does the House of Morgan own when the company is formed?

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

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