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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. What depletes England of gold?
(a) European investors.
(b) American investors.
(c) Its purchase of steel.
(d) The Boer War.
2. Where is Pierpont when the stock market panic of October 1907 begins?
(a) At his office.
(b) At the New York stock exchange.
(c) At a religious covention.
(d) At the Pujo hearings.
3. When does England go off the gold standard?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1919.
4. Who puts England back on the gold standard?
(a) House of Morgan.
(b) John Keynes.
(c) House of Rothschilds.
(d) Winston Churchill.
5. In the 1924 presidential election what candidate does the House of Morgan have ties with?
(a) Calvin Coolidge.
(b) Neither candidate.
(c) Both candidates.
(d) John Davis.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who attacks interlocking directorates between banks and industrial companies?
2. Where is the command post of the Morgan empire?
3. When does the official division of the House of Morgan occur?
4. Who is refused a seat on the Alleghany board after buying a major block of stock and is an enemy of the Morgans?
5. What location bought by Pierpont becomes the setting for many business and other meetings?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the immediate results of the stock market panic in October 1907 and what is Morgan's role?
2. What does the US credibility in London and European markets depend on?
3. Whom does Jack begin to groom for roles in the House of Morgan?
4. What causes a Wall Street panic in 1873?
5. After Britain goes off the gold standard in 1919, who wants them back on the gold standard and why?
6. Why do the Morgans survive the crash of 1929?
7. When World War I begins, what are the positions of the US government and the House of Morgan?
8. How do the Morgan partners come to finance Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis flight?
9. What are the first two crises that Jack Morgan faces after his father's death?
10. How does the Morgan firm restructure as a result of the Glass Steagall Act?
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