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

2. Which of the following is not an implement that interviewers in The March say was used to disperse marchers?
(a) Bayonets.
(b) Water cannon.
(c) Tear gas.
(d) Guns.

3. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?
(a) Radio advertising.
(b) Billboards.
(c) Sponsoring shorts before films.
(d) Direct mail.

4. According to Max Shachtman, what international event ended credibility for Communism in the United States?
(a) The Cultural Revolution.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) The Hitler-Stalin Pact.
(d) Stalin's purges.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Emma Teiller, why did armed men enter a relief house in her neighborhood?

2. How does E.D. Nixon's campaign to unionize the sleeping car porters end?

3. In what war did the Bonus marchers fight?

4. What promise did Upton Sinclair make to his supporters during his run for governor of California?

5. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what did coal companies often pay instead of money?

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