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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When are the Pujo hearings?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1907.

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

4. Who is Charles E. Coughlin?
(a) A Morgan partner.
(b) A radio priest.
(c) A Morgan friend.
(d) A friend of President Hoover.

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

6. Why does Peabody bring Morgan in as a partner?
(a) Because Peabody has no heirs.
(b) Because the Queen likes Morgan.
(c) Because Morgan is wealthy.
(d) Because Peabody and Morgan are good friends.

7. What Morgan partner has a long business relationship with Mussolini?
(a) Lamont.
(b) Grenfell.
(c) Heller.
(d) Jack.

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

9. Who is kidnapped five months after Morrow dies?
(a) Morrow's son.
(b) Lindbergh's son.
(c) Lamont's son.
(d) Calles' son.

10. What country was the Dawes Plan devised to help?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Japan.

11. What is the purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
(a) To help rebuild farms.
(b) To rebuild inner cities.
(c) To make loans.
(d) To buy property.

12. What does Jack build in his father's memory?
(a) An art museum.
(b) A yacht.
(c) A library.
(d) A building in New York.

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

14. When does Jack move Pierpont's art collection to the US?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1910.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who opposes Mussolini in the press?

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

3. When does the official division of the House of Morgan occur?

4. What company is the forerunner of what eventually becomes J.P. Morgan and Company?

5. Who is the financial wizard of Nazi Germany during the 1930s?

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