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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack build in his father's memory?
(a) An art museum.
(b) A building in New York.
(c) A library.
(d) A yacht.

2. How long is George Whitney sentenced to Sing Sing for his crime?
(a) For life.
(b) Five to ten years.
(c) He was sentenced only to probation, not to Sing Sing.
(d) One to five years.

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

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

5. Where does Pierpont die?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political office does Dwight Morrow run for and win?

2. When do the Morgans purchase 23 Wall Street?

3. Morgan becomes involved with European reconstruction when it helps with a loan to what country?

4. Where does the new Morgan Stanley office open?

5. When does England go off the gold standard?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are holding companies and are the Morgans involved?

2. How do the Morgan partners come to finance Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis flight?

3. What causes a feud between the two Morgan partners, Morrow and Lamont?

4. What causes a Wall Street panic in 1873?

5. What is the general economic status in the United States when the book opens in 1835?

6. In 1934 why does Lamont stop supporting Japan?

7. Even when Mussolini is criticized for his violent tactics, who seems to side with Mussolini and why?

8. Why do the Morgans survive the crash of 1929?

9. Who represents Germany at the Paris conference where the Young Plan is adopted and why does he resign from the Reichsbank?

10. Why are loans made to Latin American countries considered risky?

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