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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the mid 1970s how much of the profits for JP Morgan and Company are coming from abroad?
(a) 50%
(b) 75%
(c) 10%
(d) 25%

2. What Senator begins to investigate petrodollars in 1975?
(a) Frank Church.
(b) Edward Kennedy.
(c) John Murphy.
(d) John Edwards.

3. Where does Morgan Bank move in 1989?
(a) 60 Wall Street.
(b) Exxon building.
(c) 2 Wall Street.
(d) Morgan Stanley building.

4. When is England attacked by the Nazis?
(a) June 1940.
(b) December 1940.
(c) August 1940.
(d) January 1940.

5. When does Mussolini die?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1947.

6. In the mid eighties how much is the Euromarket worth?
(a) $2.5 billion.
(b) $5 million.
(c) $10 billion.
(d) $2.5 trillion.

7. Who is Percy Hall?
(a) The judge in the antitrust case against Morgan Stanley.
(b) A Washington banker.
(c) A managing partner of Morgan Stanley.
(d) A partner at Morgan Grenfell.

8. Who becomes the post-war head of Morgan Grenfell?
(a) Harry Morgan.
(b) Tom Catto.
(c) Monty Norman.
(d) Stephen Catto.

9. When does Morgan Stanley case to be a partnership?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1969.

10. Who becomes chairman of the Morgan bank when Jack Morgan dies?
(a) Tom Lamont.
(b) George Whitney.
(c) Tom Catto.
(d) Harry Morgan.

11. When does the royal family make a trip to the United States?
(a) June 1939.
(b) September 1939.
(c) September 1938.
(d) March 1938.

12. When does Guinness acquire fifty percent of Distillers shares?
(a) September 1986.
(b) April 1986.
(c) July 1986.
(d) April 1987.

13. What becomes Morgan Stanley's main source of business?
(a) Mergers.
(b) New issues.
(c) Loans.
(d) Foreign loans.

14. How much does Fred Lee make in an insider trading scheme?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $5.5 million.
(d) $16.5 million.

15. Who asks Morgan to be in charge of the loan to Brazil in 1982?
(a) Michael Milkin.
(b) Ben Bernache.
(c) Paul Volcker.
(d) William Rhodes.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the Fed give banks the ability to float commercial bonds?

2. When does the US enter the war?

3. When does Morgan Stanley's first hostile takeover occur?

4. When does the stock market crash in the 1980s?

5. What do Wall Street banks use as a form of finance during this period?

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