1. Which of the following is not an implement that interviewers in The March say was used to disperse marchers?
(a) Guns.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) Bayonets.
(d) Water cannon.

2. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?
(a) Military services.
(b) Financial sector.
(c) University administration.
(d) Newpapers.

3. What does Diane, the young journalist in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, resent about her parent's fixation on the Depression?
(a) It ignores the political reality of the events.
(b) It ignores the racial reality of the events.
(c) They refuse to speak frankly to her about it.
(d) It demeans her life experience.

4. Which famous American film critic is interviewed in Hard Travelin'?
(a) Gene Siskel.
(b) Roger Ebert.
(c) Pauline Kael.
(d) Vincent Canby.

5. According to Terkel in the Introduction, what voice dominated the radio alongside Roosevelt's during the Depression?
(a) Father Coughlin.
(b) Alf Landon.
(c) Doctor Townsend.
(d) Huey Long.

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 Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?

3. In Hard Travelin', what does Peggy Terry think would happen if another Depression happened today?

4. What famous Depression tune did Yip Harburg write?

5. What young officer assisted MacArthur in dispersing the Bonus Marchers?

(see the answer key)

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