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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is the Clayton Antitrust Act enacted?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1915.

2. The Morgans were instrumental in helping Sosthenes Behn build what?
(a) The Alleghany Corporation.
(b) International Telephone and Telegraph.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A company building.

3. When do the Morgans purchase 23 Wall Street?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1912.

4. In 1882 Pierpont moves into the first private residence that had what?
(a) Telephones.
(b) Private bathrooms.
(c) Access to a private railroad car.
(d) Electricity.

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

6. Who opposes Mussolini in the press?
(a) Jimmy Jones.
(b) Charles Dere.
(c) Arthur Pearson.
(d) Walter Lippmann.

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

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

9. What political office does Dwight Morrow run for and win?
(a) Assemblyman.
(b) Senator.
(c) Controller.
(d) Congressman.

10. In 1923 Morgan forges ties with what leading Japanese bank?
(a) House of Mitsui.
(b) Bank of Tokyo.
(c) Japan National Bank.
(d) House of Fujimoto.

11. Whom does Charles Lindbergh marry?
(a) Susan Darrow.
(b) Betty Morrow.
(c) Anne Lamont.
(d) Anne Morrow.

12. When is the Richard Whitney and Company suspended from the stock exchange?
(a) October 4, 1938.
(b) January 3, 1938.
(c) December 7, 1938.
(d) March 7, 1938.

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

14. When does the official division of the House of Morgan occur?
(a) September 1, 1934.
(b) September 30, 1934.
(c) October 19, 1929.
(d) September 5, 1935.

15. Where is the Morgan ancestral home?
(a) Hartford, Connecticut.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) London, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Wall Street firms meet on July 31, 1914, when the European markets close?

2. In 1898 where doesJack Morgan work?

3. Who is the wealthiest of the Morgan partners?

4. Who coins the term Money Trust?

5. Where does Jack buy property for the Morgan Memorial Park as a memorial for Jessie?

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