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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Scarlet Banners and Novenas, The Doctor, Huey and Mr. Smith, The Circuit Rider, The Gentleman from Kansas, A View of the Woods, Campus Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what scant costume did Sally Rand enter the Beaux Arts ball?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Messalina.
(c) Lady Godiva.
(d) Eve.

2. What psychiatric complaints did Dr. Nathan Ackerman's patients most often bring to him?
(a) Tremors and nausea.
(b) Agoraphobia and narcolepsy.
(c) Anxiety and chronic sadness.
(d) Malaise and suicidal thoughts.

3. According to Buddy Blankenship in Sixteen Ton, what did coal companies often pay instead of money?
(a) IOUs.
(b) Food rations.
(c) Coal.
(d) Company vouchers.

4. According to Fred Thompson, what did Wobblies constantly have to prove they were not?
(a) Mormons.
(b) Anarchists.
(c) Fascists.
(d) Communists.

5. What safety practice do coal companies refuse to implement for fear of slowing production in the 1930's?
(a) Ventilating mines.
(b) Spraying down shafts.
(c) Offering medical examinations.
(d) Switching out workers every 8 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a quotation in the Introduction, what was the typical response to receiving a pink slip during the beginning of the Depression?

2. According to Doc Graham, what was the public's attitude toward figures like Machine Gun Kelly and John Dillinger in the 1930's?

3. Who were the "service department" of Detroit?

4. What controversial action did the Rural Rehabilitation Division undertake in the 1930's?

5. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?

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