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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 Walter Funk?
2. Who becomes the first Jew to be hired at Morgan Stanley and also the second youngest partner in Morgan history?
3. Who is Percy Hall?
4. Who joins with Morgan to make two loans of $225 million to France?
5. When does Morgan bank merge with Guaranty Trust to form Morgan Guaranty?
Short Essay Questions
1. What deal does Morgan Stanley negotiate for Adnan Khashoggi?
2. 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?
3. What event begins the long relationship between Rupert Murdoch and Morgan Grenfell?
4. What company does Morgan merge with, and what is the resulting company?
5. What is the Marshall Plan?
6. What happens when the stock market crashes in October 1987?
7. What is Morgan Guaranty's position with respect to Latin America?
8. When Jack Morgan dies in March 1943, does the Morgan bank continue to operate efficiently?
9. How big is the trust operation of Morgan Guaranty after its merger?
10. What is the result on profits when the SEC prohibits fixed commissions on stock trade in 1975?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
In the 1970s there are merger talks among some of the Morgan firms. Discuss. Include which firms were involved, the factors that lead to these talks, the result of the talks and what happened afterward.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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