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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 9 Metamorphosis | Part 2 Chapter 10 War.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year is there a Wall Street panic partially caused by the failure of the Northern Pacific Railroad bonds?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1877.
(d) 1873.

2. When are the Pujo hearings?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1914.

3. In 1882 Pierpont moves into the first private residence that had what?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Access to a private railroad car.
(c) Telephones.
(d) Private bathrooms.

4. What depletes England of gold?
(a) Its purchase of steel.
(b) European investors.
(c) American investors.
(d) The Boer War.

5. Why does Peabody bring Morgan in as a partner?
(a) Because Peabody and Morgan are good friends.
(b) Because the Queen likes Morgan.
(c) Because Morgan is wealthy.
(d) Because Peabody has no heirs.

Short Answer Questions

1. The election of President Taft leads to what action in the financial world?

2. Where does Pierpont die?

3. What city is the center of the financial world when this book opens?

4. The US credibility in London and European markets depends on the dollar's convertibility into what?

5. Baring Brothers and Junius Morgan were principal holders of what type of securities, which were popular in London in 1890?

(see the answer key)

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