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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The election of President Taft leads to what action in the financial world?
(a) Increased trust busting.
(b) Increased regulation of securities trading.
(c) Increased regulation of banking.
(d) Increased monopolies.

2. When does Mussolini invade Albania?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1935.

3. Where is the Morgan ancestral home?
(a) Boston, Massachusetts.
(b) Hartford, Connecticut.
(c) London, England.
(d) New York, New York.

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

5. How long is George Whitney sentenced to Sing Sing for his crime?
(a) One to five years.
(b) He was sentenced only to probation, not to Sing Sing.
(c) For life.
(d) Five to ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Morgans were instrumental in helping Sosthenes Behn build what?

2. Pierpont arranges the financing for the purchase of what from France?

3. The Glass Steagall Act resulted in the separation of commercial banking from what?

4. Who is Marriner Stoddard Eccles?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In 1936 what causes the Congressional hearings into the bankers' role in World War I?

2. Whom does Jack begin to groom for roles in the House of Morgan?

3. What are the immediate results of the stock market panic in October 1907 and what is Morgan's role?

4. What are the Pujo hearings and what do they conclude?

5. How does the Morgan firm restructure as a result of the Glass Steagall Act?

6. In 1924 what are the House of Morgan ties with the candidates?

7. When World War I begins, what are the positions of the US government and the House of Morgan?

8. What is the general economic status in the United States when the book opens in 1835?

9. After Britain goes off the gold standard in 1919, who wants them back on the gold standard and why?

10. Even when Mussolini is criticized for his violent tactics, who seems to side with Mussolini and why?

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