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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: God Bless' the Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people does Terkel Interview in this introduction?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 12.
(d) 0.

2. In a quote in the Introduction, how does the speaker describe the socioeconomic relationship between blacks and whites during the Depression?
(a) Blacks and whites were about equal for the first time.
(b) There was no way of telling, things were so bad.
(c) Blacks were always worse off.
(d) Blacks were actually better off.

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

4. What did many of Arthur Robinson's friends say was the only reason to have money?
(a) To have influence.
(b) To provide for one's family.
(c) To make more money.
(d) To give to the poor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What inversion of racial relationships happened regarding Robin Langston's father during the Depression?

2. What famous Depression tune did Yip Harburg write?

3. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?

4. What food can Dorothe Bernstein not stand because of her days in an orphanage?

5. Where did Arthur Robinson keep thousands of dollars during the bank holiday?

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