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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days does it take Congress to pass the economy bill in March 1933?
(a) 31.
(b) 2.
(c) 16.
(d) 9.

2. When discussing Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, Leuchtenburg mentions that Long loves his nickname of what?
(a) Amos.
(b) Kingfish.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Shark.

3. Upon receiving his appointment from Roosevelt, the new head of the Recovery Administration memorably remarks that it will be "red fire at first" and dead what afterward?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Cats.
(c) Badgers.
(d) Elephants.

4. 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) 103.
(b) 74.
(c) 37.
(d) 12.

5. When asked why he kept a family going on credit, a Philadelphia storekeeper told a reporter that there were how many children in the family's house with no shoes?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following politicians is from Massachusetts and laments that the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority is a "Soviet dream" in 1933?

2. What is the name of the popular radio pastor in "Waiting for Lefty" who first supports Roosevelt but begins to waver soon after the election?

3. 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?

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

5. According to "Winter of Despair," which of the following words appears most frequently in the writings of New Deal theorists?

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