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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Old Families, Member of the Chorus, High Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a quotation in the Introduction, what was the typical response to receiving a pink slip during the beginning of the Depression?
(a) Shame.
(b) Bemusement.
(c) Pride.
(d) Numbness.

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

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

4. What product did Benton manage after the Depression?
(a) Volkswagen.
(b) The Boston Globe.
(c) Corn Flakes.
(d) Muzak.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?

2. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?

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

4. According to Marshall and Steve , the young intellectuals of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, what became ingrained in American society as a result of the Depression?

5. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?

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