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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 13 Jazz.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Northern Securities Company is a holding company for what?
(a) Credit firms.
(b) Investment firms.
(c) Railroads.
(d) Steel.

2. With regard to his philanthropic goals, what does Jack Morgan collect?
(a) Original manuscripts dated before the 1500s.
(b) Paintings from the 1500s.
(c) Paintings from the 1700s.
(d) Original manuscripts dated before the 1700s.

3. Where was George Peabody born?
(a) Danvers, Massachusetts.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) London, England.

4. Who attacks interlocking directorates between banks and industrial companies?
(a) Charles Mellen.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Louis Brandeis.
(d) Howard Taft.

5. Where is Pierpont when the stock market panic of October 1907 begins?
(a) At his office.
(b) At the New York stock exchange.
(c) At the Pujo hearings.
(d) At a religious covention.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pierpont die?

2. Who assumes a leadership role at the House of Morgan when Henry Davis dies?

3. Who is the wealthiest of the Morgan partners?

4. What percentage of General Motors Company does the House of Morgan own when the company is formed?

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

(see the answer key)

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