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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. What did Jane Yoder consider a luxury during the Depression?
(a) A bed.
(b) A new sweater.
(c) A trip to the movies.
(d) A hot meal.

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

3. What demagogic figure of the 1930's did Dawn McCullough despise?
(a) Father Coughlin.
(b) Bob La Follette.
(c) Franklin Roosevelt.
(d) Huey Long.

4. In Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, where do Lily, Rob and Buck hear about the Depression?
(a) Their parents.
(b) Television.
(c) Their grandparents.
(d) Their school.

5. What did Bob Leary's father do during much of the Depression to avoid going crazy?
(a) Fish at a nearby lake.
(b) Paint a house.
(c) Redo the upholstery of a car.
(d) Have an affair.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In his interview, Doc Graham says that in the 1930's he was the country's best what?

4. Why did Win Stracke lose his work as a balladeer?

5. What product did Benton manage after the Depression?

(see the answer key)

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