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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fascist Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?
(a) December.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) February.

2. Pecora's investigation into the House of Morgan partners in May of 1933--and the subsequent income tax revelations--leads Congress to pass which of the following bills?
(a) Economy Act.
(b) Wagner Act.
(c) Glass-Steagall Act.
(d) Gold Reserve Act.

3. In April 1939, Roosevelt makes one last attempt to avert war by asking Hitler and Mussolini to agree not to attack how many nations, listed by name?
(a) 8.
(b) 16.
(c) 31.
(d) 49.

4. Which of the following groups breaks with Roosevelt at its convention in May 1935 and renounces the New Deal?
(a) U.S. Department of Agriculture.
(b) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c) U.S. Department of Defense.
(d) U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

5. On which of the following dates does the special session of Congress convene in "The Hundred Days' War"?
(a) April 15.
(b) February 25.
(c) March 9.
(d) May 22.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?

2. As "A Farewell to Arms" opens, which of the following Senators states that the League of Nations is "nothing more than a cog in the military machine of Europe"?

3. Which of the following individuals is a reporter who remarks that Roosevelt seems far more serene than European leaders in the beginning of "The New Deal at High Tide"?

4. After the Soviet invasion of Finland in November 1939, Roosevelt is disgusted and lends the Fins how much money?

5. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?

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