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

2. When does Hitler become chancellor in Germany?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1932.

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

4. Which Morgan partner is serving as banker to Japan?
(a) John Keynes.
(b) Jack Morgan.
(c) Tom Lamont.
(d) Pierpont Morgan.

5. What issue involving Mexico causes a feud between two Morgan partners, Lamont and Morrow?
(a) Church property.
(b) Foreign debt.
(c) Railroads.
(d) Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is George Whitney sentenced to Sing Sing for his crime?

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

3. Pierpont arranges the financing for the purchase of what from France?

4. Who attacks interlocking directorates between banks and industrial companies?

5. What is the purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the immediate results of the stock market panic in October 1907 and what is Morgan's role?

2. By the year 1900, Morgan has come to control most of what transportation industry and why?

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

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

5. What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act?

6. What are the Pujo hearings and what do they conclude?

7. How does the Morgan firm restructure as a result of the Glass Steagall Act?

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

9. 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?

10. In 1934 why does Lamont stop supporting Japan?

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