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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. How were the actors able to perform the opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) They performed it in Spanish.
(b) They performed from the audience.
(c) They performed on the street.
(d) They recorded a performance and broadcast it.

2. Corn farmers often switched to what agricultural product in the midst of the Depression?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Barley.
(d) Potatoes.

3. What product did Benton manage after the Depression?
(a) Muzak.
(b) The Boston Globe.
(c) Volkswagen.
(d) Corn Flakes.

4. What legendary artist of the twentieth century directed The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) John Gielgud.
(c) Lee Strasburg.
(d) Lawrence Olivier.

5. According to Emma Teiller, why did armed men enter a relief house in her neighborhood?
(a) To stop mobs threatening to burn it down.
(b) To keep an eye out for union organizers.
(c) To keep Japanese Americans out of it.
(d) To ensure that blacks were being fairly served.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dr. David J. Rossman, what did psychoanalysis not acknowledge regarding patient distress in the 1930's?

2. Who played the piano for opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?

3. On what does Dr. David J. Rossman think modern Americans rely too heavily?

4. As described in The Farmer Is the Man, how did a mob respond to a judge who was foreclosing on homes in Iowa?

5. What did Hiram Sherman do in The Cradle Will Rock?

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