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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fascist Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1938, Phil La Follette launches a new national political party while speaking at the University of Washington. What is the name of the new party?
(a) Nationalist Party.
(b) National Progressives of America.
(c) Progressive Party.
(d) Progressive Nationalists of America.

2. In "The Hundred Days' War" Ferdinand Pecora's Senate investigation into Wall Street reveals that twenty partners of House of Morgan have not paid income tax in how long?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 32 months.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 2 years.

3. Which of the following individuals--a former Roosevelt supporter--indicates toward the end of "Stalemate" that he doesn't really want anything further to do with the President?
(a) Raymond Clapper.
(b) Tom Mooney.
(c) Frank Merriam.
(d) James Murray.

4. After the 1938 elections, Roosevelt points out that despite Republican gains in Congress he is still the first two-term President to retain control of Congress since which of the following?
(a) Grant.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Eisenhower.
(d) Monroe.

5. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of "The Second Hundred Days" Roosevelt is forced to fire the head of the Tennessee Valley Authority. What was his name?

2. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?

3. 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"?

4. As "The Hundred Days' War" concludes, which of the following famous writers wonders if he was fooled by Roosevelt in the election?

5. 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?

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