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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was the head of the red-baiting committee that investigated New Deal administrators in the 1930's?
(a) Stanley Fish.
(b) Martin Dies.
(c) C. Wright Patman.
(d) Joseph McCarthy.

3. What did the prison where Scoop Lankford was held in the 1930's try to feed the inmates at the worst times?
(a) Gruel.
(b) Rotten sardines.
(c) Shark.
(d) Gristle.

4. What does Edward Burgess discuss buying at the beginning of his interview in Merely Passing Through?
(a) A Studebaker.
(b) A yacht.
(c) A pair of Florsheim shoes.
(d) A rack of lamb.

5. What is Stanley Kell's community organization trying to prevent at the time he is interviewed?
(a) Construction of a country club nearby.
(b) Unionization of the paper printers.
(c) New fire code regulations.
(d) Black families moving in.

6. As he entered his later years, what term did Roosevelt use to describe himself among aides?
(a) The indispensible man.
(b) King Frank.
(c) Ozymandias.
(d) The poor public servant.

7. What controversial action did the Rural Rehabilitation Division undertake in the 1930's?
(a) It combined farms under a federal banner.
(b) It slaughtered thousands of cows.
(c) It tried to buy out General Mills.
(d) It nationalized the dairy industry.

8. Aaron Barkham informs the reader of what strange practice of certain clans within the Appalachian Ku Klux Klan?
(a) They had bake sales.
(b) They spoke Gaelic to each other.
(c) They had black members.
(d) They were entirely composed of women.

9. What was the principal desire driving black protest in the 1930's according to Horace Cayton?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Societal acceptance.
(c) Integration.
(d) Voting rights.

10. What moment excited Wilbur Kane to the point of mocking his German neighbors?
(a) The death of Adolf Hitler.
(b) America entering the War.
(c) Joe Louis's victory over Schmeling.
(d) Jesse Owens' win in the Berlin Olympics.

11. What does Wilbur Kane remember most vividly about Franklin Roosevelt?
(a) His cufflinks.
(b) His tailcoats.
(c) His voice.
(d) His smile.

12. During the Depression, why did farmers systematically stop corn deliveries?
(a) The avoid the spread of colic.
(b) To feed locals.
(c) To boost the price.
(d) To highlight their struggle to survive.

13. When were the collectivized camps outside of urban centers closed?
(a) When Roosevelt died.
(b) The seventies.
(c) When the stock market crashed.
(d) When America entered World War II.

14. What was Roosevelt trying to prevent with the Bank Holiday?
(a) Buyouts by large conglomerate banks.
(b) A run on failing banks.
(c) The decimation of people's savings.
(d) The emigration of bank owners.

15. What event discussed earlier in the book does Harry Norgard think was destructive to society?
(a) The Detroit sit-in.
(b) The Bank Holiday.
(c) The Cradle Will Rock premiere.
(d) The Chicago teachers' strike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Huey Long not run for president in 1936?

2. Why was Hiram Sherman removed from Equity leadership?

3. What Depression-era event terrified social worker Eileen Barth?

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

5. According to Fred Thompson, what did Wobblies constantly have to prove they were not?

(see the answer keys)

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