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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: The Fine and Lively Arts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What marked Long's second-in-command Gerald Smith regarding his speeches?
(a) His lack of clarity.
(b) His vulgarity.
(c) His anti-Semitism.
(d) His stutter.

2. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?
(a) Canada.
(b) A military post.
(c) A boarding school.
(d) An orphanage.

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

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

5. What did Terkel's parents do for a living before the Depression?
(a) They worked a farm.
(b) They worked for a newspaper.
(c) They were actuaries.
(d) They ran a hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an implement that interviewers in The March say was used to disperse marchers?

2. What was the Actors Union's response to The Cradle Will Rock?

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

4. What term best describes the nature of the changes that happened after the 1929 Crash, from Terkel's perspective?

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

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