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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. Adnan Khashoggi is a client of which Morgan firm?

2. Who becomes the first Jew to be hired at Morgan Stanley and also the second youngest partner in Morgan history?

3. Who owns the London tabloid, News of the World?

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

5. When is England attacked by the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is SAMA?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. What is the Marshall Plan?

8. What is Cliveden?

9. Generally, what is Morgan Stanley's role as the premier investment banking firm?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the 1912 Pujo hearings in detail, including what they were, the important people involved, their goal, their conclusion. What was their effect on the Morgans?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

The Morgans' influence reached worldwide. Choose one or two countries in different parts of the world and discuss the Morgans influence through their initial involvement until the late 1980s or such time as their influence ended. Among things to discuss are why it became involved in the country, how it was involved, what was happening in the country at the time, etc.

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