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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Concerning the New Deal, An Unreconstructed Populist, Peroration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What product did Benton manage after the Depression?
(a) The Boston Globe.
(b) Volkswagen.
(c) Muzak.
(d) Corn Flakes.

2. In what scant costume did Sally Rand enter the Beaux Arts ball?
(a) Messalina.
(b) Lady Godiva.
(c) Eve.
(d) Artemis.

3. Why does Robin Langston think his family was unaffected by the Depression?
(a) They never bought on credit.
(b) They never had money to begin with.
(c) Theirs was the most popular restaurant in town.
(d) Black communities were not affected by the Depression.

4. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?
(a) Roosevelt attacked the free market system.
(b) Roosevelt tried to pack the court.
(c) Roosevelt came from money.
(d) Roosevelt got America into World War II.

5. What about modern America mystifies Diana Morgan?
(a) The election of Richard Nixon.
(b) America's involvement with Vietnam.
(c) Those who ignore poverty.
(d) The widespread use of drugs.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Marshall and Steve , the young intellectuals of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, what became ingrained in American society as a result of the Depression?

2. In his interview, Doc Graham says that in the 1930's he was the country's best what?

3. Why did Win Stracke lose his work as a balladeer?

4. In Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, where do Lily, Rob and Buck hear about the Depression?

5. Besides attempting to change the makeup of the Supreme Court, what Roosevelt decision does James Farley say alienated people in the administration?

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