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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 individuals commits suicide in March of 1932 and is proved a swindler of $100,000,000 in bonds a month after his death?
(a) Ferdinand Pecora.
(b) Ivar Kreuger.
(c) Charles Mitchell.
(d) Albert Wiggin.

2. The quote from Harold Clurman at the beginning of "Winter of Despair" states that people could smell what in the air during the winter of 1932-33?
(a) Hope.
(b) Sulfur.
(c) Depression.
(d) Starvation.

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

4. When describing conditions for homeless and jobless Americans, Leuchtenburg says that the largest "Hooverville" was in which of the following cities?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Portland.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Chicago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Winter of Despair," U.S. Steel employed 225,000 full-time workers in 1929. How many employees are full time by April of 1933?

2. Which of the following business executives laments in October of 1930 that the real blame for the financial crisis lay with the irresponsible--and now unemployed--populace?

3. In "Winter of Despair" a group of fifty-five men is charged with dismantling and carrying away a whole four-story building in which of the following cities?

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

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

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