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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What demagogic figure of the 1930's did Dawn McCullough despise?
(a) Father Coughlin.
(b) Franklin Roosevelt.
(c) Huey Long.
(d) Bob La Follette.

2. Why was the Michigan governor Frank Murphy branded weak-willed regarding the sit-in strike?
(a) He refused to comment on the strike.
(b) He disappeared from public after condemning the strike.
(c) He came out in support of the union.
(d) He did not send in troops.

3. According to Marshall and Steve , the young intellectuals of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, what became ingrained in American society as a result of the Depression?
(a) Racism.
(b) Fear.
(c) Consumerism.
(d) Isolationism.

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

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

6. What food can Dorothe Bernstein not stand because of her days in an orphanage?
(a) Sardines.
(b) Brussel sprouts.
(c) Pig's feet.
(d) Beets.

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

8. What about modern America mystifies Diana Morgan?
(a) America's involvement with Vietnam.
(b) The widespread use of drugs.
(c) The election of Richard Nixon.
(d) Those who ignore poverty.

9. How old was Ed Paulson when he took to the road?
(a) 20.
(b) 33.
(c) 40.
(d) 14.

10. What promise did Upton Sinclair make to his supporters during his run for governor of California?
(a) To secede from the US.
(b) To create a work program.
(c) To extract public money from industrialists.
(d) To end poverty in California.

11. According to Doc Graham, what was the public's attitude toward figures like Machine Gun Kelly and John Dillinger in the 1930's?
(a) They were commodities to be sold.
(b) They were boogeymen.
(c) They were barely talked about.
(d) They were folk heroes.

12. In Hard Travelin', Peggy Terry says that America teaches people that poverty is what?
(a) A birthright.
(b) A personal failing.
(c) A sin.
(d) A mark of holiness.

13. What happened that made Robin Langston realize a crisis had begun in the country?
(a) His family stopped eating meat.
(b) He had to miss days of school.
(c) His lights were turned off.
(d) His friend's father killed himself.

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

15. According to Terkel, what increased among patrons of his parent's business after the Crash?
(a) Horse-betting.
(b) Panhandling.
(c) Emigrating to Mexico.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous Depression tune did Yip Harburg write?

2. Where did Blackie Gold spend his childhood?

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

4. How many people does Terkel Interview in this introduction?

5. What did many of Arthur Robinson's friends say was the only reason to have money?

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