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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Myrna Loy send her infamous wire?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Trotsky.
(c) A Czech dissident.
(d) A Soviet defector.

2. In the Epilogue, Reed and his father disagree about the meaning of what abstract term?
(a) American tradition.
(b) American dream.
(c) Success.
(d) The good life.

3. What unorthodox job did Phyllis Mortimer take when her family fell short of money in the 1930's?
(a) Chorus diver in movies.
(b) Card girl at boxing matches.
(c) Door girl for a speakeasy.
(d) Switchboard operator for an advertising firm.

4. What happened to one of Daisy Singer's favorite parks during the Depression?
(a) It became a shantytown.
(b) It was closed by the broke municipal government.
(c) It fell into disrepair.
(d) It became a site of weekly worker protests.

5. What recollection does Diana Morgan have that draws tears from her?
(a) Interviewing her former maid for relief.
(b) Having to stand on line for a job.
(c) Her father's death.
(d) Losing her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did C. Wright Patman push for the impeachment of Hoover's Treasury Secretary?

2. Of what does Virginia Durr say the Depression cured her?

3. Why did a significant number of people flee public housing in 1949?

4. What does Jimmy Partland say is the importance of a job?

5. What legendary artist of the twentieth century directed The Cradle Will Rock?

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