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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In the 1924 presidential election what candidate does the House of Morgan have ties with?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Both candidates.
(c) John Davis.
(d) Neither candidate.

5. When does Morrow die?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1929.

6. In 1898 where doesJack Morgan work?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Philadelphia.

7. Who is the financial wizard of Nazi Germany during the 1930s?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Schacht.
(c) Schmidt.
(d) Goring.

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

9. In the 1920s the economic boom basically occurred in what economic or financial sector?
(a) Stock market.
(b) Oil.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Bond market.

10. When does Morgan loan Italy $100 million?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1921.

11. Which Morgan partner is serving as banker to Japan?
(a) Pierpont Morgan.
(b) Jack Morgan.
(c) Tom Lamont.
(d) John Keynes.

12. Where does Pierpont die?
(a) Rome.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

13. Where does the new Morgan Stanley office open?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Washington.
(d) London.

14. Dwight Morrow is appointed Ambassador to what country by President Coolidge?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) England.

15. The 1935 Wheeler subcommittee hearings involve banker involvement in what industry?
(a) Communications.
(b) Electric utilities.
(c) Oil.
(d) Railroads.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Jack Morgan begin to sell pieces of his collection?

2. Who is kidnapped five months after Morrow dies?

3. Who is Marriner Stoddard Eccles?

4. When are the Pujo hearings?

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

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