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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: The Fine and Lively Arts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who played the piano for opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) John Houseman.
(b) Hiram Sherman.
(c) Marc Blitzstein.
(d) George Gershwin.

2. At the beginning of The Fine and Lively Arts, Hiram Sherman speaks glowingly of drinking covert gin out of what?
(a) Soda bottles.
(b) Flasks.
(c) Teacups.
(d) Bowls.

3. Aaron Barkham informs the reader of what strange practice of certain clans within the Appalachian Ku Klux Klan?
(a) They had black members.
(b) They were entirely composed of women.
(c) They had bake sales.
(d) They spoke Gaelic to each other.

4. What is the name of the sketch programs Neil Schaffner performed in troupes across the country?
(a) Repertoire.
(b) Penny entertainments.
(c) Acts.
(d) Country-stories.

5. What change to the ticket structure did the Schaffner Players make after the 1929 Crash?
(a) They stopped charging all together.
(b) They increased their ticket rates.
(c) They only charged for second acts.
(d) They only charged for first acts.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what did coal companies often pay instead of money?

2. What does Jimmy Partland say is the importance of a job?

3. What public figure publicly raved about Jack Kirkland's play?

4. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?

5. What popular American novel did Jack Kirkland adapt into a successful play?

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