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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. Peggy Terry says in Hard Travelin' that what disappeared from her life during the Depression?
(a) Her sense of patriotism.
(b) Her family.
(c) Hope.
(d) Racism.

2. What does Diane, the young journalist in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, resent about her parent's fixation on the Depression?
(a) It demeans her life experience.
(b) It ignores the political reality of the events.
(c) It ignores the racial reality of the events.
(d) They refuse to speak frankly to her about it.

3. What young officer assisted MacArthur in dispersing the Bonus Marchers?
(a) George Patton.
(b) John Kennedy.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Curtis LeMay.

4. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?
(a) Charity organizations.
(b) Their wives.
(c) Their faith.
(d) The government.

5. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?
(a) Roosevelt came from money.
(b) Roosevelt tried to pack the court.
(c) Roosevelt got America into World War II.
(d) Roosevelt attacked the free market system.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Harburg work before the Depression?

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

4. Which famous American film critic is interviewed in Hard Travelin'?

5. Why was the Michigan governor Frank Murphy branded weak-willed regarding the sit-in strike?

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