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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 change to the ticket structure did the Schaffner Players make after the 1929 Crash?
(a) They stopped charging all together.
(b) They only charged for first acts.
(c) They only charged for second acts.
(d) They increased their ticket rates.

2. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?
(a) The government.
(b) Their faith.
(c) Charity organizations.
(d) Their wives.

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

4. According to Dr. David J. Rossman, what did psychoanalysis not acknowledge regarding patient distress in the 1930's?
(a) External stimuli.
(b) Parental fixations.
(c) Anxiety attacks.
(d) Schizophrenia.

5. What is the name of the sketch programs Neil Schaffner performed in troupes across the country?
(a) Repertoire.
(b) Penny entertainments.
(c) Country-stories.
(d) Acts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many of Arthur Robinson's friends say was the only reason to have money?

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

3. In 1930's Appalachia, what does the KKK assist in setting up?

4. What safety practice do coal companies refuse to implement for fear of slowing production in the 1930's?

5. What popular American novel did Jack Kirkland adapt into a successful play?

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