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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Old Families, Member of the Chorus, High Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In his interview, Doc Graham says that in the 1930's he was the country's best what?
(a) Bootlegger.
(b) Door-to-door salesman.
(c) Con man.
(d) Pitch man.

3. How did strike organizers in Detroit finally stop scabs from coming?
(a) They burned a scab's house down.
(b) They paid scabs not to go to work.
(c) They nailed shut the factory doors.
(d) They shut down the highway.

4. In what war did the Bonus marchers fight?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Crimean War.
(c) The Spanish American War.
(d) World War II.

5. What term best describes the nature of the changes that happened after the 1929 Crash, from Terkel's perspective?
(a) Sudden.
(b) Devastating.
(c) Gradual.
(d) Nonexistent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Arthur Robinson keep thousands of dollars during the bank holiday?

2. What was Bob La Follette before he ran for President?

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

4. According to Terkel in the Introduction, what voice dominated the radio alongside Roosevelt's during the Depression?

5. According to Dr. David J. Rossman, what did psychoanalysis not acknowledge regarding patient distress in the 1930's?

(see the answer key)

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