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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Morgan Bank move in 1989?
(a) Morgan Stanley building.
(b) 2 Wall Street.
(c) Exxon building.
(d) 60 Wall Street.

2. When does the stock market crash in the 1980s?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1988.

3. How much does Fred Lee make in an insider trading scheme?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $16.5 million.
(c) $10 million.
(d) $5.5 million.

4. When does Morgan Stanley open its Tokyo office?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1965
(d) 1972.

5. How long was Gebauer's prison sentence for embezzlement?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 1/2 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 8 years.

6. Why does Morgan Grenfell hire John Stevens?
(a) To open foreign offices.
(b) To run its office management area.
(c) To help with mergers.
(d) To put together syndicated loans.

7. What new business does JP Morgan enter into as a corporation that it could not do as a partnership?
(a) Securities.
(b) Bonds.
(c) Trust business.
(d) Home loans.

8. When does the Justice Department file an antitrust suit against Morgan Stanley?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1955.

9. When does Morgan Stanley go public?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1986.

10. In the mid 1970s Morgan Stanley leads the industry in what kind of offerings?
(a) Stock offerings only.
(b) Stock and bond offerings.
(c) Bond offerings only.
(d) Neither stock or bond offerings.

11. In 1981 who hires Adrian Antoniu, a Romanian refugee?
(a) Morgan Stanley.
(b) Lehman Brothers.
(c) Salomon Brothers.
(d) Morgan Guaranty.

12. London Morgan Guaranty Limited is renamed to what?
(a) JP Morgan and Company.
(b) JP Morgan Securities.
(c) Morgan Grenfell.
(d) Morgan Stanley.

13. What Senator begins to investigate petrodollars in 1975?
(a) Frank Church.
(b) John Edwards.
(c) John Murphy.
(d) Edward Kennedy.

14. When does Guinness acquire fifty percent of Distillers shares?
(a) April 1987.
(b) July 1986.
(c) September 1986.
(d) April 1986.

15. When does Morgan Stanley's first hostile takeover occur?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1968.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who succeeds Leffingwell as chairman of Morgan?

2. Who becomes the chairman of Morgan in 1955?

3. Who heads the Mergers and Acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley?

4. Who does the US military ask to visit Germany and assess their air power?

5. When do the Saudis form a central bank called SAMA?

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