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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. Who is Asher Edelman?

2. Which of the following is not a client of Morgan Grenfell?

3. Who succeeds Baldwin as chairman of Morgan Guaranty?

4. What becomes Morgan Stanley's main source of business?

5. Who buys the one third interest in Morgan Grenfell that is sold by Morgan Guaranty?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When Mussolini has Giovanni Fummi, a Morgan agent, arrested as a spy what happens?

7. Why does England sign the Munich Pact and what other countries signed?

8. What are LBOs?

9. 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?

10. What is the SEC new Rule 415?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Anglo-American nature and character of the House of Morgan. What effect did this have on the development of the Morgan firms in general? Choose one period in history and discuss in detail how this effected the Morgan firms.

Essay Topic 2

In today's world would it be possible for any one firm to be as preeminent as the House of Morgan during its "golden age"? Discuss why or why not.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Morgans relationship with the Vatican from the beginning of the Morgan firms through the 1980s.

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