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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. Who is Percy Hall?
(a) The judge in the antitrust case against Morgan Stanley.
(b) A Washington banker.
(c) A managing partner of Morgan Stanley.
(d) A partner at Morgan Grenfell.

2. In 1979 Morgan Stanley loses an IBM deal to what other firm?
(a) Lehman Brothers.
(b) Salomon Brothers.
(c) Schwab.
(d) Morgan Grenfell.

3. How long does Morgan Stanley suspend its practice of programmed trades on an international basis after the crash in 1987?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 6 months.

4. How much does Morgan Grenfell make on the American Tobacco deal?
(a) $1 million.
(b) $100,000.
(c) $250,000.
(d) $2 million.

5. When does France sign an armistice with Nazi Germany?
(a) March 1940.
(b) January 1940.
(c) June 1940.
(d) August 1940.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the mid eighties how much is the Euromarket worth?

2. Who joins with Morgan to make two loans of $225 million to France?

3. How much did Tony Gebauer embezzle?

4. What do Wall Street banks use as a form of finance during this period?

5. Who becomes president of the new JP Morgan corporation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the stock market crashes in October 1987?

2. What event begins the long relationship between Rupert Murdoch and Morgan Grenfell?

3. What deal does Morgan Stanley negotiate for Adnan Khashoggi?

4. What is the SEC new Rule 415?

5. Why does JP Morgan and Company become a corporation?

6. Why does Morgan Grenfell go public?

7. What happens at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944?

8. Why does US District Attorney Rudolph Giuliani criticize Morgan Stanley for the inside trading scandal involving Stephen Sui-Kwan Wang, Jr. even though Morgan Stanley was not involved?

9. What happens at the Paris office, called Morgan et Compagnie, when the Nazis try to force them to accept Nazi deposits?

10. What is Morgan Guaranty's position with respect to Latin America?

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