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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Arthur Robinson do before entering the financial markets?
(a) He was a school teacher.
(b) He was a war correspondent.
(c) He was an actor.
(d) He was a tobacco picker.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Diane personally think about the suffering of the 1930's in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band?

2. What does Diane, the young journalist in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, resent about her parent's fixation on the Depression?

3. What promise did Upton Sinclair make to his supporters during his run for governor of California?

4. In Man and Boy, what does Clifford Burke credit with black men's survival in the Depression?

5. Why does Robin Langston think his family was unaffected by the Depression?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the Depression, what did Terkel do instead of becoming a lawyer?

2. How did Yip Harburg find his way to making music?

3. Why was psychoanalysis largely ineffective in the Depression?

4. What does Slim Collier's discussion of her father say about the effect unemployment has on men?

5. How did Mrs. Winston Roberts of Chicago survive the Depression?

6. How did the jazz community take care of its own in the Depression?

7. How did blues and alcohol play a defining role in Terkel's college years?

8. How did hobos get by during the Depression?

9. How did William Benton make his fortune?

10. How was Robin Langston's family affected by the Depression?

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