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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Diane personally think about the suffering of the 1930's in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?
(a) She thinks America reaped what it sowed in the 1920's.
(b) She thinks it is exaggerated by those who experienced it.
(c) She has no opinion.
(d) She thinks the suffering was focused disproportionately on minorities.

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

4. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?
(a) An entertainer.
(b) A poet.
(c) A labor organizer.
(d) A priest.

5. What about modern America mystifies Diana Morgan?
(a) The widespread use of drugs.
(b) Those who ignore poverty.
(c) America's involvement with Vietnam.
(d) The election of Richard Nixon.

6. Which of the following is not a periodical mentioned by Terkel in the Introduction?
(a) Literary Digest.
(b) Judge.
(c) Life.
(d) The New Republic.

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

8. Peggy Terry says in Hard Travelin' that what disappeared from her life during the Depression?
(a) Racism.
(b) Hope.
(c) Her sense of patriotism.
(d) Her family.

9. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?
(a) A birthright.
(b) A mark of holiness.
(c) A personal failing.
(d) A sin.

10. Where did some vets stay in Washington, DC during the Bonus March besides the Hoovervilles?
(a) They occupied federal buildings.
(b) They slept in train stations.
(c) The slept in front of the White House.
(d) They set up tents in the National Mall.

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

12. What strange job does Terkel get right after college?
(a) Radio performer.
(b) Dustbin salesman.
(c) Circus booker.
(d) Advertising copy editor.

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

14. What entertainment did Sally Rand invent?
(a) The fan dance.
(b) The penny arcade.
(c) The Charleston.
(d) The knock-knock joke.

15. What dubious art did Jerome Zerbe develop in the 1930's?
(a) Muzak.
(b) Bootlegging.
(c) Celebrity photography.
(d) Hardcore pornography.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the Michigan governor Frank Murphy branded weak-willed regarding the sit-in strike?

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

3. According to Terkel, what increased among patrons of his parent's business after the Crash?

4. What industry did Jose Yglesia attempt to unionize?

5. What demagogic figure of the 1930's did Dawn McCullough despise?

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