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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 did Hiram Sherman do in The Cradle Will Rock?
(a) He was a stagehand.
(b) He wrote it.
(c) He directed it.
(d) He was an actor.

2. In what country did William Patterson study economics for a time?
(a) England.
(b) China.
(c) The USSR.
(d) Germany.

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

4. What shocking information did General Smedley Butler report to Congress in the 1930's?
(a) A group of right wing military men attempted a coup.
(b) There were Communists in the Roosevelt administration.
(c) Hoover was absent for most meetings regarding the Depression.
(d) Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor ahead of time.

5. Why did Ray Wax flee his parents home?
(a) He eloped with a girl.
(b) He wanted to move to New York City.
(c) They were stealing his money.
(d) They kicked him out for his Communist beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What change to the ticket structure did the Schaffner Players make after the 1929 Crash?

2. At the beginning of The Fine and Lively Arts, Hiram Sherman speaks glowingly of drinking covert gin out of what?

3. According to Max Shachtman, what international event ended credibility for Communism in the United States?

4. With what assertion does David Kennedy say he disagrees regarding Roosevelt?

5. What type of protest does Horace Cayton discuss in Honor and Humiliation?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to James Farley, how did Roosevelt alienate members of his own administration?

2. Describe Harry Hartman's experiences repossessing belongings in the Depression.

3. What was Dr. Townsend's contribution to the Depression-era discourse?

4. What was the most controversial component of the New Deal?

5. How does Alf Landon recall his 1936 campaign against Roosevelt in the book?

6. What role did Elsa Ponselle play in the forming of the Teacher's Union?

7. How does Christopher Lasch explain the possibility of a socialist revolt in the 1930's?

8. What strange and dangerous episode regarding congressional testimony does C. Wright Patman make?

9. How did Wilbur Kane experience the Joe Louis fight against Max Schmeling?

10. How were the prisons affected by the Depression?

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