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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Winter of Despair.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leuchtenburg describes an incident where about 50 people fight over a barrel of garbage left at the back door of a restaurant. In which city does this take place?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Portland.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Brooklyn.

2. In the summer of 1932, farmers riot in all but which of the following states?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Iowa.

3. Which of the following business executives laments in October of 1930 that the real blame for the financial crisis lay with the irresponsible--and now unemployed--populace?
(a) John Edgerton of the National Association of Manufacturers.
(b) William Randolph Hearst of "The New York Journal".
(c) George Washington Hill of American Tobacco.
(d) Henry Ford of Ford Motor Company.

4. Which of the following individuals commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?
(a) Ivar Kreuger.
(b) Albert Wiggin.
(c) Charles Mitchell.
(d) Ferdinand Pecora.

5. In "The Politics of Hard Times," which of the following individuals says that Roosevelt is "a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President"?
(a) William Randolph Hearst.
(b) Walter Lippman.
(c) Elmer Davis.
(d) Herbert Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Winter of Despair" a group of fifty-five men is charged with dismantling and carrying away a whole four-story building in which of the following cities?

2. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following individuals works for The New York Times and first coins the phrase "brain trust" in reference to Roosevelt's advisers?

3. According to "The Politics of Hard Times," about how many people were unemployed by 1932?

4. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?

5. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?

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