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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: The Big Money, Man and Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Frank Czerwonka's mother make money during the Depression?
(a) She made pastries.
(b) She ran a speakeasy.
(c) She refurbished sofas.
(d) She was a prostitute.

2. What did Arthur Robinson do before entering the financial markets?
(a) He was a tobacco picker.
(b) He was a school teacher.
(c) He was a war correspondent.
(d) He was an actor.

3. What advertising outlet did William Benton exploit, making him his fortune?
(a) Radio advertising.
(b) Direct mail.
(c) Sponsoring shorts before films.
(d) Billboards.

4. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?
(a) Canada.
(b) An orphanage.
(c) A military post.
(d) A boarding school.

5. According to Dr. David J. Rossman, what did psychoanalysis not acknowledge regarding patient distress in the 1930's?
(a) Schizophrenia.
(b) Parental fixations.
(c) Anxiety attacks.
(d) External stimuli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Terkel quote in the introduction to explain his purpose in writing this history?

2. On what does Dr. David J. Rossman think modern Americans rely too heavily?

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

4. How old was Ed Paulson when he took to the road?

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

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