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

2. What two roles did Henry Wallace play in the Roosevelt administration?
(a) Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President.
(b) Secretary of Commerce and Attorney General.
(c) Secretary of the Interior and English Ambassador.
(d) Secretary of Transportation and Chief of Staff.

3. What was the Actors Union's response to The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) It refused to intervene.
(b) It insisted the production go on as scheduled.
(c) It barred actors from performing it onstage.
(d) It stipulated only five of its members could perform in it.

4. What did Hiram Sherman do in The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) He wrote it.
(b) He was an actor.
(c) He was a stagehand.
(d) He directed it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1930's Appalachia, what does the KKK assist in setting up?

2. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?

3. What safety practice do coal companies refuse to implement for fear of slowing production in the 1930's?

4. What did many of Arthur Robinson's friends say was the only reason to have money?

5. What did Arthur Robinson do before entering the financial markets?

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