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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?
(a) Jazz musicians.
(b) Auto workers.
(c) Writers.
(d) Corn growers.

3. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) A military post.
(c) A boarding school.
(d) Canada.

4. In his interview, Doc Graham says that in the 1930's he was the country's best what?
(a) Pitch man.
(b) Bootlegger.
(c) Door-to-door salesman.
(d) Con man.

5. Why does Robin Langston think his family was unaffected by the Depression?
(a) They never bought on credit.
(b) Black communities were not affected by the Depression.
(c) Theirs was the most popular restaurant in town.
(d) They never had money to begin with.

6. According to Marshall and Steve , the young intellectuals of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, what became ingrained in American society as a result of the Depression?
(a) Consumerism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Isolationism.
(d) Fear.

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

8. What metaphor does Arthur Robinson use to describe Wall Street in the 1920's?
(a) A rigged casino.
(b) A candy store.
(c) A private club.
(d) A Roman orgy.

9. On what does Dr. David J. Rossman think modern Americans rely too heavily?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Medication.
(c) The government.
(d) Alchohol and drugs.

10. What product did Benton manage after the Depression?
(a) Muzak.
(b) Volkswagen.
(c) The Boston Globe.
(d) Corn Flakes.

11. What did Jane Yoder consider a luxury during the Depression?
(a) A new sweater.
(b) A bed.
(c) A hot meal.
(d) A trip to the movies.

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

13. What was Bob La Follette's signature issue in the 1928 election?
(a) Anti-union legislation.
(b) Wall Street reform.
(c) Worker's rights.
(d) Military isolation.

14. What strange job does Terkel get right after college?
(a) Radio performer.
(b) Circus booker.
(c) Advertising copy editor.
(d) Dustbin salesman.

15. In Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, where do Lily, Rob and Buck hear about the Depression?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Television.
(c) Their grandparents.
(d) Their school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?

2. Which movement sought to replace the American Federation of Labor in the 1930's?

3. What does Jimmy Partland say is the importance of a job?

4. What unorthodox job did Phyllis Mortimer take when her family fell short of money in the 1930's?

5. How does Diana Morgan describe herself at the beginning of her interview?

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