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

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

3. What did Terkel's parents do for a living before the Depression?
(a) They were actuaries.
(b) They worked for a newspaper.
(c) They worked a farm.
(d) They ran a hotel.

4. What famous Depression tune did Yip Harburg write?
(a) Sixteen Tons.
(b) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(c) Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries.
(d) We're In the Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?

2. What food can Dorothe Bernstein not stand because of her days in an orphanage?

3. What did Bob Leary's father do during much of the Depression to avoid going crazy?

4. What job does Paulson eventually get after educating himself?

5. In what scant costume did Sally Rand enter the Beaux Arts ball?

(see the answer key)

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