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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides attempting to change the makeup of the Supreme Court, what Roosevelt decision does James Farley say alienated people in the administration?
(a) Not revealing his health problems to the public.
(b) Entering World War II.
(c) Creating the NRA.
(d) Running for a third term.

2. Why was Ward James fired from his job in the 1930's?
(a) Union activity.
(b) Lack of money to pay him.
(c) Incompetence.
(d) Drinking on the job.

3. According to a quotation in the Introduction, what was the typical response to receiving a pink slip during the beginning of the Depression?
(a) Shame.
(b) Numbness.
(c) Bemusement.
(d) Pride.

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

5. Who was the one black student in Terkel's college class?
(a) An African prince.
(b) Medgar Evers.
(c) Marcus Garvey's grandson.
(d) An ancestor of Frederick Douglass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jane Yoder consider a luxury during the Depression?

2. According to historian Christopher Lasch, what was never a serious possibility in the Depression?

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

4. At the end of High Life, what does Judy blame for the Depression?

5. What did an industrialist ask Gordon Baxter to destroy for him?

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