Hard Times; an Oral History of the Great Depression Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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Hard Times; an Oral History of the Great Depression Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Concerning the New Deal, An Unreconstructed Populist, Peroration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jim Sheridan travel to the Bonus March?
(a) He joined a caravan of jalopies.
(b) He rode a boxcar.
(c) He walked the whole way.
(d) He hitched rides.

2. What happened that made Robin Langston realize a crisis had begun in the country?
(a) His friend's father killed himself.
(b) His family stopped eating meat.
(c) He had to miss days of school.
(d) His lights were turned off.

3. In what scant costume did Sally Rand enter the Beaux Arts ball?
(a) Lady Godiva.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Eve.
(d) Messalina.

4. What shocking information did General Smedley Butler report to Congress in the 1930's?
(a) There were Communists in the Roosevelt administration.
(b) A group of right wing military men attempted a coup.
(c) Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor ahead of time.
(d) Hoover was absent for most meetings regarding the Depression.

5. At the end of High Life, what does Judy blame for the Depression?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Militarism.
(c) Sin.
(d) Apathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his interview, Doc Graham says that in the 1930's he was the country's best what?

2. According to Harburg, who suffered most when the financial system collapsed?

3. What does Diane, the young journalist in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, resent about her parent's fixation on the Depression?

4. In what war did the Bonus marchers fight?

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

(see the answer key)

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