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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. On what does Dr. David J. Rossman think modern Americans rely too heavily?
(a) The government.
(b) Alchohol and drugs.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Medication.

2. As described in The Farmer Is the Man, how did a mob respond to a judge who was foreclosing on homes in Iowa?
(a) They lobbied to have him removed.
(b) They burned down his house.
(c) They tarred and feathered him.
(d) They lynched him.

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

4. During the Depression, why did farmers systematically stop corn deliveries?
(a) The avoid the spread of colic.
(b) To boost the price.
(c) To feed locals.
(d) To highlight their struggle to survive.

5. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what did coal companies often pay instead of money?
(a) Company vouchers.
(b) Coal.
(c) Food rations.
(d) IOUs.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of The Fine and Lively Arts, Hiram Sherman speaks glowingly of drinking covert gin out of what?

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

3. According to Emma Teiller, why did armed men enter a relief house in her neighborhood?

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

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

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