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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: The Fine and Lively Arts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a periodical mentioned by Terkel in the Introduction?
(a) Life.
(b) Literary Digest.
(c) The New Republic.
(d) Judge.

2. How does Diana Morgan describe herself at the beginning of her interview?
(a) A southern belle.
(b) A woman of ill repute.
(c) A lost cause.
(d) A habitual instigator.

3. Who played the piano for opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) George Gershwin.
(b) Hiram Sherman.
(c) Marc Blitzstein.
(d) John Houseman.

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

5. Who were the "service department" of Detroit?
(a) Hired thugs working for management.
(b) The strike organizers.
(c) The series of vendors who provided food for strikers.
(d) The government officers who were on the company payroll.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would hobos put marks on people's houses with chalk?

2. To whom did Myrna Loy send her infamous wire?

3. Aaron Barkham informs the reader of what strange practice of certain clans within the Appalachian Ku Klux Klan?

4. What did Hiram Sherman do in The Cradle Will Rock?

5. What popular American novel did Jack Kirkland adapt into a successful play?

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