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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Slim Collier's father do before the Depression?
(a) Smelting.
(b) Die work.
(c) Landscaping.
(d) Copywriting.

2. In God Bless' the Child, Slim Collier discusses what effect created by job loss in America?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Moral.
(c) Political.
(d) Economic.

3. At the end of High Life, what does Judy blame for the Depression?
(a) Militarism.
(b) Sin.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Apathy.

4. What was the occupational community of which Jimmy Partland was a part, that lent back and forth regularly?
(a) Auto workers.
(b) Corn growers.
(c) Writers.
(d) Jazz musicians.

5. How many people does Terkel Interview in this introduction?
(a) 0.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 12.

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

7. In Hard Travelin', what does Peggy Terry think would happen if another Depression happened today?
(a) We would rebound faster.
(b) All Republicans would be voted out.
(c) There would be widespread violence.
(d) The Soviets would take over.

8. What dubious art did Jerome Zerbe develop in the 1930's?
(a) Bootlegging.
(b) Celebrity photography.
(c) Muzak.
(d) Hardcore pornography.

9. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?
(a) A military post.
(b) A boarding school.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) Canada.

10. In what war did the Bonus marchers fight?
(a) The Crimean War.
(b) The Spanish American War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

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

12. What inversion of racial relationships happened regarding Robin Langston's father during the Depression?
(a) He was invited to move into a whites-only neighborhood.
(b) He was allowed to join the pipe-fitters' union.
(c) White neighbors hocked their radios to him.
(d) He began hiring white workers.

13. What did Terkel's parents do for a living before the Depression?
(a) They worked for a newspaper.
(b) They were actuaries.
(c) They worked a farm.
(d) They ran a hotel.

14. What did Blackie Gold do in the CCC during the Depression?
(a) He assessed people on relief.
(b) He wrote for a national labor journal.
(c) He performed on the radio.
(d) He maintained national forests.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Martin DeVries hate Roosevelt?

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

3. What industry did Jose Yglesia attempt to unionize?

4. What book does Terkel quote in the introduction to explain his purpose in writing this history?

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

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