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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the summer of 1933 farmers uproot their cotton crop to prevent over-saturation of the market. How much do farmers collect for plowing up 10 million acres of cotton?
(a) $25 million.
(b) $500 thousand.
(c) $100 million.
(d) $50 thousand.

2. When discussing the plight of homeless and jobless Americans in 1932, Leuchtenburg mentions that two hundred men would huddle over fires in which of the following states?
(a) New York.
(b) Oregon.
(c) New Mexico.
(d) Tennessee.

3. As "The Hundred Days' War" concludes, which of the following famous writers wonders if he was fooled by Roosevelt in the election?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) William Randolph Hearst.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) William Allen White.

4. 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.

5. 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?
(a) John Raskob.
(b) Richard Whitney.
(c) James Forrestal.
(d) Henry Morgenthau.

Short Answer 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?

2. 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?

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

4. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?

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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