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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. When does the Fed give banks the ability to float commercial bonds?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1984.

2. How much did Tony Gebauer embezzle?
(a) Over $6 million.
(b) Over $1 million.
(c) Over $10 million.
(d) Over $8 milliion.

3. Who becomes the chairman of Morgan in 1955?
(a) Junius Morgan.
(b) Harry Morgan.
(c) Henry Alexander.
(d) Henry Davison.

4. When does Mussolini die?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1950.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who succeeds Baldwin as chairman of Morgan Guaranty?

2. Who is Walter Funk?

3. Who heads the Corporate Finance Department of Morgan Grenfell?

4. Who is Stephen Sui-Kwan Wang, Jr?

5. What new business does JP Morgan enter into as a corporation that it could not do as a partnership?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Cliveden?

4. What are tombstones?

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

6. How big is the trust operation of Morgan Guaranty after its merger?

7. When Jack Morgan dies in March 1943, does the Morgan bank continue to operate efficiently?

8. What Morgan Stanley policy begins to hurt them in the 1970s and comes to a head in 1979 with respect to a $1 billion issue with IBM?

9. What is Euramerica?

10. What makes it impossible for Morgan Stanley to service large investors who trade large blocks for other blocks?

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