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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to historian Christopher Lasch, what was never a serious possibility in the Depression?
(a) A right-wing reaction.
(b) Annexation by Canada.
(c) Loss of personal freedom.
(d) Revolution.

2. What does the young man in the final interview of Arrests and Other Running Sores do for a living?
(a) Convenience store clerk.
(b) Repo man.
(c) Student.
(d) Public defender.

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

4. How does Diana Morgan describe herself at the beginning of her interview?
(a) A woman of ill repute.
(b) A lost cause.
(c) A southern belle.
(d) A habitual instigator.

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 it in Spanish.
(d) They performed on the street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moment excited Wilbur Kane to the point of mocking his German neighbors?

2. What does Diane personally think about the suffering of the 1930's in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

3. What is Stanley Kell's community organization trying to prevent at the time he is interviewed?

4. Which of the following figures from 1930's cultural-political life is not personally interviewed in Hard Times?

5. What about modern America mystifies Diana Morgan?

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