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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following candidates has the powerful support of publisher William Randolph Hearst during the 1932 Presidential primary race?
(a) John Nance Garner.
(b) William McAdoo.
(c) Melvin J. Traylor.
(d) J. Hamilton Lewis.

2. 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) Chicago.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Brooklyn.

3. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following individuals works for The New York Times and first coins the phrase "brain trust" in reference to Roosevelt's advisers?
(a) Samuel Rosenman.
(b) Raymond Moley.
(c) James Kieran.
(d) Basil O'Connor.

4. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. During the 1932 Presidential primary race, which of the following candidates can not appear at the Democratic convention because of a run on his Chicago bank?
(a) Melvin J. Traylor.
(b) J. Hamilton Lewis.
(c) John Nance Garner.
(d) William McAdoo.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "The Politics of Hard Times," about how many people were unemployed by 1932?

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

3. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accuse Hoover of being "the greatest spending Administration in peace times in all our history" during the 1932 Presidential campaign?

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

5. When describing conditions for homeless and jobless Americans, Leuchtenburg says that the largest "Hooverville" was in which of the following cities?

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