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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Politics of Hard Times" reports that as the party in power, which political party faced almost certain defeat in the 1932 election?
(a) Republican.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Libertarian.
(d) Democrat.

2. In the run up to the 1934 Congressional elections, John Garner guesses that Republicans will win how many seats in the House of Representatives?
(a) 74.
(b) 103.
(c) 37.
(d) 12.

3. After the election of 1932, which of the following magazines promotes the idea of giving Roosevelt dictatorial powers to fix the economy?
(a) Time.
(b) Life.
(c) Fortune.
(d) Barron's.

4. According to "Winter of Despair," on a single day in April 1932 an entire 1/4 of which state went up for auction?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) New Mexico.

5. In his attempt to adapt the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to the New Deal, Roosevelt puts a Texas banker in charge. What is that man's name?
(a) Lewis Mumford.
(b) Ballinger Pinchot.
(c) Jesse Jones.
(d) Harold Ickes.

Short Answer Questions

1. As "Waiting for Lefty" opens, in which of the following cities is City Hall attacked by a mob of 6 thousand people?

2. In the summer of 1932, farmers riot in all but which of the following states?

3. According to "The Hundred Days' War," how long does it take after Roosevelt's inauguration for the country to shift from apathy to expectation?

4. In January of 1934 the first of a few challengers for Roosevelt springs up. What is the name of the challenger who proposes the Old Age Revolving Pensions plan?

5. On which of the following dates does the special session of Congress convene in "The Hundred Days' War"?

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