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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. What does Jimmy Partland say is the importance of a job?
(a) To make one feel useful.
(b) To stimulate growth.
(c) To promote innovation.
(d) To keep people out of trouble.

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

3. In Hard Travelin', what does Peggy Terry think would happen if another Depression happened today?
(a) The Soviets would take over.
(b) We would rebound faster.
(c) There would be widespread violence.
(d) All Republicans would be voted out.

4. In a quote in the Introduction, how does the speaker describe the socioeconomic relationship between blacks and whites during the Depression?
(a) There was no way of telling, things were so bad.
(b) Blacks were actually better off.
(c) Blacks were always worse off.
(d) Blacks and whites were about equal for the first time.

5. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?
(a) A mark of holiness.
(b) A personal failing.
(c) A birthright.
(d) A sin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Terkel's parents do for a living before the Depression?

2. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?

3. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?

4. According to Terkel, what increased among patrons of his parent's business after the Crash?

5. What job does Paulson eventually get after educating himself?

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