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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Public Servant - The City, Evictions, Arrests and Other Running Sores.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Wagner Act outlaw?
(a) Government money going to unions.
(b) Violent removal of striking workers.
(c) Employer firings of unionizing workers.
(d) Union organizers on private property.

2. What did Hiram Sherman do in The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) He was an actor.
(b) He wrote it.
(c) He was a stagehand.
(d) He directed it.

3. In God Bless' the Child, Slim Collier discusses what effect created by job loss in America?
(a) Economic.
(b) Political.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Moral.

4. Where did Arthur Robinson keep thousands of dollars during the bank holiday?
(a) In a coffee can.
(b) Under his mattress.
(c) In his sock.
(d) In a Swiss account.

5. What food can Dorothe Bernstein not stand because of her days in an orphanage?
(a) Sardines.
(b) Brussel sprouts.
(c) Beets.
(d) Pig's feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were the actors able to perform the opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?

2. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?

3. What change to the ticket structure did the Schaffner Players make after the 1929 Crash?

4. What did the prison where Scoop Lankford was held in the 1930's try to feed the inmates at the worst times?

5. According to Scoop Lankford, when did conditions finally improve in the prison?

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