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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As "Over the Top" opens, Roosevelt appoints which of the following individuals to head the Recovery Administration?
(a) Jerome Frank.
(b) Hugh Johnson.
(c) Sherwood Anderson.
(d) Felix Frankfurter.

2. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following words appears most frequently in the writings of New Deal theorists?
(a) Power.
(b) Balance.
(c) Welfare.
(d) Labor.

3. After the 1932 election, Roosevelt's Brain Trust argues that the market theories of which major economist have vanished forever?
(a) Alfred Marshall.
(b) John Stuart Mill.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) John Maynard Keynes.

4. After the election in November of 1932, during which month is Roosevelt inaugurated?
(a) March.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) January.

5. 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) Portland.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time Roosevelt is inaugurated, how many states have closed their banks?

2. Which of the following candidates has the powerful support of publisher William Randolph Hearst during the 1932 Presidential primary race?

3. 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?

4. In his attempt to adapt the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the New Deal, Roosevelt puts a Texas banker in charge. What is that man's name?

5. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?

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