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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Waiting for Lefty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) April.
(b) September.
(c) February.
(d) July.

2. As more and more American workers organize themselves into labor unions in 1933-35, Roosevelt is faced with having to decide what which provision of the National Industrial Recovery Act actually means?
(a) 4 (b).
(b) 2 (d).
(c) 9 (c).
(d) 7 (a).

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) December.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) February.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Pecora's investigation into the House of Morgan partners in May of 1933--and the subsequent income tax revelations--leads Congress to pass which of the following bills?

3. When Roosevelt asks Congress for legislation to regulate the Stock Exchange in February of 1934, which of the following men--President of the Stock Exchange--is outraged?

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

5. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?

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