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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the mid 1960s how much money does Morgan manage in trust assets?

2. Who runs the trust department of Morgan Guaranty after the merger?

3. When does Mussolini die?

4. When does Leffingwell serve as chairman of Morgan?

5. Morgan has a relationship with the Saudis dating back to when?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are LBOs?

2. 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?

3. What company does Morgan merge with, and what is the resulting company?

4. What is the SEC new Rule 415?

5. How does Morgan find out about Tony Gebauer's embezzlement?

6. Why does Morgan Grenfell go public?

7. What are tombstones?

8. Who are Morgan Grenfell's two takeover stars?

9. Who outmaneuvers Morgan Grenfell on the British Aluminum deal?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Morgan firms that existed at the close of the 1980s. Identify their primary business, their major clients, and their relationship to other Morgan firms.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of leadership in the House of Morgan. Who were the five most important leaders? Why? Were these leaders also important outside the House of Morgan? How?

Essay Topic 3

The Morgans, including the Morgan firms, individual Morgans and individual Morgan partners, were influential directly in a number of US presidencies. Choose two of these individuals and discuss their influence with the particular US president involved. Be specific in your answer. Among other things, include why they had influence, over what did they have influence, how they used the influence, whether their influence led to a change in policy, etc.

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