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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Over the Top.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Winter of Despair" mentions all but which of the following individuals as progressives who oppose deficit spending?
(a) Robert La Follette.
(b) Fiorello La Guardia.
(c) Robert Wagner.
(d) Bernard Baruch.

2. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Mississippi.

3. On Roosevelt's very first night in office, he directs his Secretary of the Treasury to draft an emergency banking bill. Who is the Secretary of Treasury?
(a) George Harrison.
(b) Arthur Ballantine.
(c) William Woodin.
(d) Ogden Mills.

4. Leuchtenburg describes an incident where about 50 people fight over a barrel of garbage left at the back door of a restaurant. In which city does this take place?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Portland.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Chicago.

5. Which of the following individuals is a member of the "Brain Trust" and continues to serve as an adviser after the 1932 election, when that group disbands?
(a) James Kieran.
(b) Raymond Moley.
(c) Samuel Rosenman.
(d) Basil O'Connor.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Iron Age" reports during the summer of 1932 that steel plants are operating at what percent of their capacity?

2. By which of the following months in 1934 has Roosevelt grown tired of the new head of the Recovery Administration and secured that person's resignation?

3. When discussing the plight of homeless and jobless Americans in 1932, Leuchtenburg mentions that two hundred men would huddle over fires in which of the following states?

4. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?

5. Which of the following individuals commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?

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