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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. Who filled Pierpont Morgan's role at the bankers' meeting to discuss the Crash?
(a) Dwight Morrow.
(b) Tom Lamont.
(c) Owen Young.
(d) Jack Morgan.

2. Baring Brothers and Junius Morgan were principal holders of what type of securities, which were popular in London in 1890?
(a) Argentinean securities.
(b) Banking securities.
(c) German securities.
(d) Railroad securities.

3. When does England go off the gold standard?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1919.

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

5. When did the first Morgans arrive in America?
(a) In 1802.
(b) On the Mayflower.
(c) In 1776.
(d) 16 years after the Mayflower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who decides to open an investment house called Morgan Stanley?

2. President Hoover believes that there was a Wall Street conspiracy against him that is engaging in what?

3. What city is the center of the financial world when this book opens?

4. Who is the wealthiest of the Morgan partners?

5. In what type of business does Junius Morgan begin his career?

(see the answer key)

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