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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much did Tony Gebauer embezzle?

2. When does Guinness acquire fifty percent of Distillers shares?

3. When does Nabisco use an LBO for hostile raid?

4. When does Morgan Stanley go public?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does England sign the Munich Pact and what other countries signed?

2. Who are Morgan Grenfell's two takeover stars?

3. What is Cliveden?

4. What is the result on profits when the SEC prohibits fixed commissions on stock trade in 1975?

5. What event begins the long relationship between Rupert Murdoch and Morgan Grenfell?

6. What are tombstones?

7. What does Morgan Grenfell do when Morgan Guaranty enters investment banking in London and sells its one third interest in Morgan Grenfell?

8. Generally, what is Morgan Stanley's role as the premier investment banking firm?

9. What company does Morgan merge with, and what is the resulting company?

10. In late 1988, what is Morgan Grenfell's major strength?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the 1970s there are merger talks among some of the Morgan firms. Discuss. Include which firms were involved, the factors that lead to these talks, the result of the talks and what happened afterward.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of banking regulations to the House of Morgan. Include at least three specific regulations, including the Glass Steagall Act, discussing the why they were enacted, their effect on banking in general and their effect on the Morgans.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the Morgan firms. Discuss its history from its origins until the end of the 1980s. Among things to discuss are its influence with governments, its influence in the financial world, who its main clients were, what its major business was during different periods, etc.

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