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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Wall Street firms meet on July 31, 1914, when the European markets close?
(a) At the offices of the lawyers for the New York Stock Exchange.
(b) At the New York Stock Exchange.
(c) At the House of Morgan.
(d) At the Federal Reserve.

2. What location bought by Pierpont becomes the setting for many business and other meetings?
(a) His limousine.
(b) His railroad car.
(c) His yacht.
(d) The New York Stock Exchange.

3. When is the Clayton Antitrust Act enacted?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1911.

4. Who coins the term Money Trust?
(a) Pierpont Morgan.
(b) Charles Lindbergh, Sr.
(c) Jack Morgan.
(d) Harry Davison.

5. The 1935 Wheeler subcommittee hearings involve banker involvement in what industry?
(a) Oil.
(b) Communications.
(c) Railroads.
(d) Electric utilities.

6. The Morgans were instrumental in helping Sosthenes Behn build what?
(a) The Alleghany Corporation.
(b) International Telephone and Telegraph.
(c) A company building.
(d) A bridge.

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

8. What does Morgan help Pope Pius Xi to do?
(a) Arrange a conference with Mussolini.
(b) Restore Vatican manuscripts.
(c) Arrange a loan.
(d) Understand the US financial position.

9. What country was the Dawes Plan devised to help?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Japan.
(d) Mexico.

10. President Hoover believes that there was a Wall Street conspiracy against him that is engaging in what?
(a) Long selling.
(b) Short selling.
(c) Selling secrets.
(d) Selling loans.

11. The election of President Taft leads to what action in the financial world?
(a) Increased regulation of securities trading.
(b) Increased regulation of banking.
(c) Increased trust busting.
(d) Increased monopolies.

12. During the 1920s how did corporations generally finance corporate expansion?
(a) Investment trusts.
(b) Stock issues.
(c) Cash.
(d) Bond issues.

13. Who is Marriner Stoddard Eccles?
(a) A radio priest.
(b) A Senator.
(c) A Morgan partner.
(d) A Utah banker.

14. When was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act enacted?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1935.

15. Who was Ferdinand Pecora?
(a) A friend of President Hoover's.
(b) A lawyer who headed up an investigation of Wall Street.
(c) A senator.
(d) A Morgan partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was George Peabody born?

2. When does the official division of the House of Morgan occur?

3. The Northern Securities Company is a holding company for what?

4. Who is the financial wizard of Nazi Germany during the 1930s?

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

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