The House of Morgan Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Ron Chernow
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The House of Morgan Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who attacks interlocking directorates between banks and industrial companies?
(a) Howard Taft.
(b) Charles Mellen.
(c) Louis Brandeis.
(d) Woodrow Wilson.

8. The Glass Steagall Act resulted in the separation of commercial banking from what?
(a) Investment banking.
(b) Selling stocks.
(c) Offering loans.
(d) The stock exchange.

9. Who decides to open an investment house called Morgan Stanley?
(a) Morgan Stanley.
(b) Morgan partners.
(c) Stanley Morgan.
(d) J.P. Morgan.

10. During the 1920s how did corporations generally finance corporate expansion?
(a) Bond issues.
(b) Investment trusts.
(c) Stock issues.
(d) Cash.

11. Where is the command post of the Morgan empire?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

12. When does the stock market hit bottom?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1935.

13. Who does Parker Gilbert's wife marry after his death?
(a) Morgan Stanley.
(b) Harold Stanley.
(c) Jack Morgan.
(d) Robert Young.

14. Who was Ferdinand Pecora?
(a) A lawyer who headed up an investigation of Wall Street.
(b) A senator.
(c) A friend of President Hoover's.
(d) A Morgan partner.

15. What location bought by Pierpont becomes the setting for many business and other meetings?
(a) His limousine.
(b) His yacht.
(c) The New York Stock Exchange.
(d) His railroad car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who assumes a leadership role at the House of Morgan when Henry Davis dies?

2. When is the Glass Steagall Act enacted?

3. Who is Charles E. Coughlin?

4. In what type of business does Junius Morgan begin his career?

5. What is the purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

(see the answer keys)

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