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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Sea of Troubles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following individuals switches California's votes to Roosevelt during the 1932 Democratic convention, thus making Roosevelt the Democratic candidate?
(a) J. Hamilton Lewis.
(b) William McAdoo.
(c) John Nance Garner.
(d) Melvin J. Traylor.

2. Which of the following individuals considers himself the founder of the Federal Reserve Board and strongly disagrees with the February 1935 banking bill?
(a) Marriner Eccles.
(b) James P. Warburg.
(c) Carter Glass.
(d) Lauchlin Currie.

3. 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) Chicago.
(d) St. Louis.

4. 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) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

5. In the spring of 1934, after the demise of the Civil Works Administration, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration helped how many students attend college?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 6,750.
(c) 15,000.
(d) 950.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "A Sea of Troubles," how many residents of Cleveland go without food or clothing relief during the first six days of 1938?

2. Which of the following individuals is the US ambassador to Germany in "A Farewell to Arms" and says that Hitler is such a horror that he cannot endure the man's presence?

3. Which of the following railroads does "The Politics of Hard Times" mention as a common ride for homeless Americans in search of work?

4. As "The Hundred Days' War" concludes, which of the following famous writers wonders if he was fooled by Roosevelt in the election?

5. When Secretary Wallace sends out a questionnaire to cotton farmers asking their opinion of compulsory crop reduction, he finds that what percentage favor the plan?

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