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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Fascist Challenge.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Reverend Coughlin.
(b) Reverend Short.
(c) Reverend Morgan.
(d) Reverend Gabriel.

2. Toward the end of his term, Hoover orders a Senate investigation into the financial crisis. Which of the following men is chosen to lead this investigation?
(a) Charles Mitchell.
(b) Ferdinand Pecora.
(c) Albert Wiggin.
(d) Ivar Kreuger.

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

4. Which of the following individuals is Roosevelt's Secretary of State who tries to lower trade barriers in "A Farewell to Arms"?
(a) George Harrison.
(b) William Borah.
(c) David Reay.
(d) Cordell Hull.

5. After the 1936 farm law proves unworkable, Wallace resists attempts to deregulate production in the hopes of being like which of the following Old Testament characters?
(a) Mark.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Luke.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the International Economic Conference in London in 1933, Roosevelt notes that which major economist had been "magnificently right"?

2. In which of the following cities does Roosevelt accept the Democratic nomination for President after the 1932 convention?

3. Which of the following individuals comments toward the end of "A Sea of Troubles" that the "old Roosevelt magic has lost its kick"?

4. Which of the following individuals is the governor of the New York Federal Reserve Bank and is sent as a delegate to the International Economic Conference in 1933?

5. As "Over the Top" concludes, Leuchtenburg reports that by the spring of 1934 there were twice as many men working as the year before in which city?

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