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

2. In her interview, what does Diana Morgan say never interested her?
(a) The accumulation of money.
(b) Communism.
(c) The suffering of others.
(d) Political struggle.

3. According to Harburg, who suffered most when the financial system collapsed?
(a) Those who thought it foolproof.
(b) The financial giants.
(c) Those who were poor already.
(d) Black people.

4. What was Roosevelt trying to prevent with the Bank Holiday?
(a) A run on failing banks.
(b) The emigration of bank owners.
(c) Buyouts by large conglomerate banks.
(d) The decimation of people's savings.

5. What dubious art did Jerome Zerbe develop in the 1930's?
(a) Muzak.
(b) Hardcore pornography.
(c) Celebrity photography.
(d) Bootlegging.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Diane, the young journalist in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, resent about her parent's fixation on the Depression?

3. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?

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

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

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