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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Old Families, Member of the Chorus, High Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did an industrialist ask Gordon Baxter to destroy for him?
(a) Anti-union pamphlets.
(b) A union card.
(c) Dossiers on his workers.
(d) A cudgel used to kill a union leader.

2. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?
(a) Direct mail.
(b) Sponsoring shorts before films.
(c) Radio advertising.
(d) Billboards.

3. In God Bless' the Child, Slim Collier discusses what effect created by job loss in America?
(a) Economic.
(b) Political.
(c) Moral.
(d) Psychological.

4. What demagogic figure of the 1930's did Dawn McCullough despise?
(a) Huey Long.
(b) Bob La Follette.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Father Coughlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What dubious art did Jerome Zerbe develop in the 1930's?

2. How did Jim Sheridan travel to the Bonus March?

3. In her interview, what does Diana Morgan say never interested her?

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

5. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?

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