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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 does Edward Burgess say he never saw in Chicago in the 1930's?
(a) Bread lines.
(b) Apple carts.
(c) Speakeasy raids.
(d) Union strikes.

2. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what was the state of coal miners before the Depression?
(a) The same as during the Depression.
(b) Absurdly prosperous.
(c) Moderately well-to-do.
(d) A normal middle-class community.

3. What was different about a teachers' strike in the 1930's?
(a) They left town for fear of violent reprisal.
(b) They protested in private, writing letters.
(c) They continued to teach throughout.
(d) They protested at City Hall, not the schools.

4. What unorthodox job did Phyllis Mortimer take when her family fell short of money in the 1930's?
(a) Chorus diver in movies.
(b) Card girl at boxing matches.
(c) Door girl for a speakeasy.
(d) Switchboard operator for an advertising firm.

5. How does E.D. Nixon's campaign to unionize the sleeping car porters end?
(a) The porters are given a vote and they vote against the union.
(b) Only NIxon's train line is unionized.
(c) They are all fired.
(d) The union is instituted.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Fred Thompson, what did Wobblies constantly have to prove they were not?

2. Who played the piano for opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?

3. What did Harry Hartman do in the 1930's when he felt bad for the indebted people he was serving?

4. Which of the following is not an implement that interviewers in The March say was used to disperse marchers?

5. According to Max Shachtman, why was Communism especially vital just before FDR was elected?

(see the answer key)

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