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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 an industrialist ask Gordon Baxter to destroy for him?
(a) A union card.
(b) Dossiers on his workers.
(c) A cudgel used to kill a union leader.
(d) Anti-union pamphlets.

2. As he entered his later years, what term did Roosevelt use to describe himself among aides?
(a) King Frank.
(b) The poor public servant.
(c) Ozymandias.
(d) The indispensible man.

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

4. In 1930's Appalachia, what does the KKK assist in setting up?
(a) Town hall meetings.
(b) UMW locals.
(c) Progressive political rallies.
(d) Church raisings.

5. What does Diane, the young journalist in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, resent about her parent's fixation on the Depression?
(a) It ignores the political reality of the events.
(b) They refuse to speak frankly to her about it.
(c) It demeans her life experience.
(d) It ignores the racial reality of the events.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people does Terkel Interview in this introduction?

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

3. In whose administration was David Kennedy the Secretary of the Treasury?

4. With what assertion does David Kennedy say he disagrees regarding Roosevelt?

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

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