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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

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) Bemusement.
(b) Numbness.
(c) Pride.
(d) Shame.

2. What is Cesar Chavez best known as?
(a) A priest.
(b) A poet.
(c) A labor organizer.
(d) An entertainer.

3. What psychiatric complaints did Dr. Nathan Ackerman's patients most often bring to him?
(a) Malaise and suicidal thoughts.
(b) Anxiety and chronic sadness.
(c) Tremors and nausea.
(d) Agoraphobia and narcolepsy.

4. What term best describes the nature of the changes that happened after the 1929 Crash, from Terkel's perspective?
(a) Gradual.
(b) Devastating.
(c) Sudden.
(d) Nonexistent.

5. How were the actors able to perform the opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) They recorded a performance and broadcast it.
(b) They performed from the audience.
(c) They performed on the street.
(d) They performed it in Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Max Shachtman, why was Communism especially vital just before FDR was elected?

2. What does the young man in the final interview of Arrests and Other Running Sores do for a living?

3. What strange job does Terkel get right after college?

4. In Hard Travelin', what does Peggy Terry think would happen if another Depression happened today?

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

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