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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jack buy property for the Morgan Memorial Park as a memorial for Jessie?
(a) Boston.
(b) Hartford.
(c) New York City.
(d) Glen Cove.

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

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

4. Who filled Pierpont Morgan's role at the bankers' meeting to discuss the Crash?
(a) Dwight Morrow.
(b) Jack Morgan.
(c) Owen Young.
(d) Tom Lamont.

5. Baring Brothers and Junius Morgan were principal holders of what type of securities, which were popular in London in 1890?
(a) German securities.
(b) Railroad securities.
(c) Banking securities.
(d) Argentinean securities.

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

7. Who puts England back on the gold standard?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) John Keynes.
(c) House of Morgan.
(d) House of Rothschilds.

8. Where is Pierpont when the stock market panic of October 1907 begins?
(a) At the Pujo hearings.
(b) At his office.
(c) At a religious covention.
(d) At the New York stock exchange.

9. Morgan becomes involved with European reconstruction when it helps with a loan to what country?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Austria.
(d) Germany.

10. Why does Jack Morgan begin to sell pieces of his collection?
(a) To put his estate in order.
(b) To continue his life style.
(c) To go on a cruise.
(d) To give the House of Morgan some cash.

11. In 1936 there were Congressional hearings on the role of the bankers in what?
(a) Germany.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Depression.
(d) The 1929 Crash.

12. Pierpont arranges the financing for the purchase of what from France?
(a) Bonds.
(b) Gold.
(c) Art.
(d) The Panama Canal.

13. Who is refused a seat on the Alleghany board after buying a major block of stock and is an enemy of the Morgans?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Allen Kirby.
(c) Van Sweringen brothers.
(d) Robert Young.

14. By the winter of 1930 how many banks were failing per month?
(a) More than 100.
(b) More than 50.
(c) More than 250.
(d) More than 200.

15. After Pierpont dies, who becomes the Morgan's manager on a day-to-day basis?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Harry Davison.
(c) Jack Morgan.
(d) George Perkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the Richard Whitney and Company suspended from the stock exchange?

2. Who is the wealthiest of the Morgan partners?

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

4. When does the stock market hit bottom?

5. Who is kidnapped five months after Morrow dies?

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