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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. "Iron Age" reports during the summer of 1932 that steel plants are operating at what percent of their capacity?
(a) 98.
(b) 52.
(c) 74.
(d) 12.

4. As Roosevelt's inauguration approaches, he increasingly favors the ideas of which major economist?
(a) Alfred Marshall.
(b) John Stuart Mill.
(c) John Maynard Keynes.
(d) Adam Smith.

5. 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) Raymond Moley.
(b) Basil O'Connor.
(c) James Kieran.
(d) Samuel Rosenman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?

2. In which of the following cities does "Winter of Despair" say unpaid teachers faint in their classrooms due to lack of food?

3. "Winter of Despair" mentions all but which of the following individuals as progressives who oppose deficit spending?

4. As "The Politics of Hard Times" opens, how many years does Leuchtenburg say Hoover has been President?

5. Which of the following individuals switches California's votes to Roosevelt during the 1932 Democratic convention, thus making Roosevelt the Democratic candidate?

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