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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What depletes England of gold?
(a) European investors.
(b) American investors.
(c) Its purchase of steel.
(d) The Boer War.

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

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

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

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

6. In 1923 Morgan forges ties with what leading Japanese bank?
(a) Japan National Bank.
(b) House of Fujimoto.
(c) House of Mitsui.
(d) Bank of Tokyo.

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

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

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

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

11. With regard to his philanthropic goals, what does Jack Morgan collect?
(a) Paintings from the 1700s.
(b) Original manuscripts dated before the 1700s.
(c) Original manuscripts dated before the 1500s.
(d) Paintings from the 1500s.

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

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

14. Who coins the term Money Trust?
(a) Pierpont Morgan.
(b) Harry Davison.
(c) Charles Lindbergh, Sr.
(d) Jack Morgan.

15. In what type of business does Junius Morgan begin his career?
(a) Banking.
(b) Dry-goods.
(c) Railroads.
(d) Insurance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Morgan partner is serving as banker to Japan?

2. What did the Young Plan deal with?

3. When does England go off the gold standard?

4. Who filled Pierpont Morgan's role at the bankers' meeting to discuss the Crash?

5. Where does Jack buy property for the Morgan Memorial Park as a memorial for Jessie?

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