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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Concerning the New Deal, An Unreconstructed Populist, Peroration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his interview, Doc Graham says that in the 1930's he was the country's best what?
(a) Con man.
(b) Door-to-door salesman.
(c) Bootlegger.
(d) Pitch man.

2. In what scant costume did Sally Rand enter the Beaux Arts ball?
(a) Eve.
(b) Lady Godiva.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Messalina.

3. How did Phyllis Mortimer's brother feel about her working in the 1930's?
(a) Proud.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Embarrassed
(d) Unconcerned.

4. Why did Win Stracke lose his work as a balladeer?
(a) His drinking.
(b) His left-leaning views.
(c) The oversaturation of the profession in the 1930's.
(d) His loss of a hand.

5. What did many of Arthur Robinson's friends say was the only reason to have money?
(a) To give to the poor.
(b) To make more money.
(c) To provide for one's family.
(d) To have influence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened that made Robin Langston realize a crisis had begun in the country?

2. What happened to one of Daisy Singer's favorite parks during the Depression?

3. According to Harburg, who suffered most when the financial system collapsed?

4. What young officer assisted MacArthur in dispersing the Bonus Marchers?

5. Who was the head of the red-baiting committee that investigated New Deal administrators in the 1930's?

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