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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What change to the ticket structure did the Schaffner Players make after the 1929 Crash?
(a) They stopped charging all together.
(b) They increased their ticket rates.
(c) They only charged for first acts.
(d) They only charged for second acts.

2. What is the name of the sketch programs Neil Schaffner performed in troupes across the country?
(a) Acts.
(b) Country-stories.
(c) Repertoire.
(d) Penny entertainments.

3. In 1930's Appalachia, what does the KKK assist in setting up?
(a) Church raisings.
(b) Town hall meetings.
(c) Progressive political rallies.
(d) UMW locals.

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

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

6. According to Scoop Lankford, when did conditions finally improve in the prison?
(a) When the rioting started.
(b) When the WPA started.
(c) When Truman took office.
(d) When the war started.

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

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

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

10. How were the actors able to perform the opening night of The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) They recorded a performance and broadcast it.
(b) They performed from the audience.
(c) They performed on the street.
(d) They performed it in Spanish.

11. At the beginning of The Fine and Lively Arts, Hiram Sherman speaks glowingly of drinking covert gin out of what?
(a) Flasks.
(b) Bowls.
(c) Teacups.
(d) Soda bottles.

12. What was the Actors Union's response to The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) It insisted the production go on as scheduled.
(b) It stipulated only five of its members could perform in it.
(c) It barred actors from performing it onstage.
(d) It refused to intervene.

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

14. What was different about a teachers' strike in the 1930's?
(a) They protested at City Hall, not the schools.
(b) They continued to teach throughout.
(c) They left town for fear of violent reprisal.
(d) They protested in private, writing letters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dr. Francis Townsend's ideas eventually became the groundwork for what?

2. What writer did Ray Wax take as his model during the Depression?

3. What accusation was made against Dr. Francis Townsend in his time?

4. In what country did William Patterson study economics for a time?

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

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