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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. When does Jack move Pierpont's art collection to the US?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1910.

2. Dwight Morrow is appointed Ambassador to what country by President Coolidge?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Italy.
(d) Mexico.

3. Who opposes Mussolini in the press?
(a) Charles Dere.
(b) Walter Lippmann.
(c) Jimmy Jones.
(d) Arthur Pearson.

4. When does England go off the gold standard?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1920.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money are Morgan partners rumored to make in a year?

2. Where is the Morgan ancestral home?

3. In 1923 Morgan forges ties with what leading Japanese bank?

4. Which Morgan partner is serving as banker to Japan?

5. Where does Jack buy property for the Morgan Memorial Park as a memorial for Jessie?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of World War I, what is the role of the United States and the Morgans with respect to the world financial markets?

2. What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

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

4. Why does Father Charles E. Coughlin, a radio priest of the time, attack the banking industry?

5. In 1938 what scandal begins to emerge?

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

7. What is the turning point for when the House of Morgan surpasses the House of Rothschilds?

8. What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?

9. When World War I begins, what are the positions of the US government and the House of Morgan?

10. After Britain goes off the gold standard in 1919, who wants them back on the gold standard and why?

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