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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. Aaron Barkham informs the reader of what strange practice of certain clans within the Appalachian Ku Klux Klan?
(a) They spoke Gaelic to each other.
(b) They had bake sales.
(c) They were entirely composed of women.
(d) They had black members.

2. Who played the piano for opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) John Houseman.
(b) Hiram Sherman.
(c) Marc Blitzstein.
(d) George Gershwin.

3. What does Jimmy Partland say is the importance of a job?
(a) To promote innovation.
(b) To keep people out of trouble.
(c) To stimulate growth.
(d) To make one feel useful.

4. Where did Arthur Robinson keep thousands of dollars during the bank holiday?
(a) In a coffee can.
(b) Under his mattress.
(c) In a Swiss account.
(d) In his sock.

5. What public figure publicly raved about Jack Kirkland's play?
(a) Huey Long.
(b) Harold Ickes.
(c) Orson Welles.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?

2. What did many of Arthur Robinson's friends say was the only reason to have money?

3. As described in The Farmer Is the Man, how did a mob respond to a judge who was foreclosing on homes in Iowa?

4. What popular American novel did Jack Kirkland adapt into a successful play?

5. What did Arthur Robinson do before entering the financial markets?

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