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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 30 Sheiks.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The election of President Taft leads to what action in the financial world?
(a) Increased regulation of banking.
(b) Increased trust busting.
(c) Increased regulation of securities trading.
(d) Increased monopolies.

3. What happens to Morgan's Leonard Rist of the Paris Morgan office when the Nazis arrive?
(a) He leaves Paris before the Nazis arrived.
(b) He is killed by the Nazis.
(c) He continues to work at the Morgan office.
(d) He is arrested by the Nazis.

4. When is the Glass Steagall Act enacted?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1933.

5. What percentage of General Motors Company does the House of Morgan own when the company is formed?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 40%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the wealthiest of the Morgan partners?

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

3. How much capital does Morgan Stanley have?

4. How long does the Justice Department antitrust case against Morgan Stanley last?

5. In 1923 Morgan forges ties with what leading Japanese bank?

(see the answer key)

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