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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who introduces obligatory military service to Germany in the 1930s?
(a) Goring.
(b) Schmidt.
(c) Hitler.
(d) The Secretary of the Army.

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

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

4. After the 1929 crash of the US stock market, where does the investment market switch to?
(a) England.
(b) Germany.
(c) Japan.
(d) France.

5. Who assumes a leadership role at the House of Morgan when Henry Davis dies?
(a) George Peabody.
(b) Charles Mellon.
(c) Louis Brandeis.
(d) Tom Lamont.

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

7. Where does Jack buy a tavern?
(a) New York.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) England.
(d) Scotland.

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

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

10. 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.

11. Why does Mussolini invade Ethopia?
(a) To settle a dispute with Ethopia.
(b) To get supplie for Italy.
(c) To build an East African empire.
(d) To help Hitler.

12. 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 business of the partnerships.
(d) The clients of the partnerships.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The 1935 Wheeler subcommittee hearings involve banker involvement in what industry?

2. Whom does Charles Lindbergh marry?

3. Who is kidnapped five months after Morrow dies?

4. Morgan becomes involved with European reconstruction when it helps with a loan to what country?

5. Where was George Peabody born?

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