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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. On what does Dr. David J. Rossman think modern Americans rely too heavily?
(a) Alchohol and drugs.
(b) The government.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Medication.

2. What did Slim Collier's father do before the Depression?
(a) Landscaping.
(b) Copywriting.
(c) Die work.
(d) Smelting.

3. How does E.D. Nixon's campaign to unionize the sleeping car porters end?
(a) They are all fired.
(b) Only NIxon's train line is unionized.
(c) The union is instituted.
(d) The porters are given a vote and they vote against the union.

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

5. What metaphor does Arthur Robinson use to describe Wall Street in the 1920's?
(a) A private club.
(b) A candy store.
(c) A rigged casino.
(d) A Roman orgy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people does Terkel Interview in this introduction?

3. What happened to one of Daisy Singer's favorite parks during the Depression?

4. What did the Wagner Act outlaw?

5. Where did some vets stay in Washington, DC during the Bonus March besides the Hoovervilles?

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