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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: The Fine and Lively Arts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What popular American novel did Jack Kirkland adapt into a successful play?
(a) Tender is the Night.
(b) Tobacco Road.
(c) Of Mice and Men.
(d) The Jungle.

2. Aaron Barkham informs the reader of what strange practice of certain clans within the Appalachian Ku Klux Klan?
(a) They spoke Gaelic to each other.
(b) They had black members.
(c) They were entirely composed of women.
(d) They had bake sales.

3. What legendary artist of the twentieth century directed The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) Lawrence Olivier.
(b) John Gielgud.
(c) Lee Strasburg.
(d) Orson Welles.

4. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what was the state of coal miners before the Depression?
(a) A normal middle-class community.
(b) Moderately well-to-do.
(c) The same as during the Depression.
(d) Absurdly prosperous.

5. At the beginning of The Fine and Lively Arts, Hiram Sherman speaks glowingly of drinking covert gin out of what?
(a) Flasks.
(b) Soda bottles.
(c) Teacups.
(d) Bowls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Corn farmers often switched to what agricultural product in the midst of the Depression?

2. What was Paul Draper's occupation during the 1930's?

3. On what does Dr. David J. Rossman think modern Americans rely too heavily?

4. What psychiatric complaints did Dr. Nathan Ackerman's patients most often bring to him?

5. Why was Hiram Sherman removed from Equity leadership?

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