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

2. What public figure publicly raved about Jack Kirkland's play?
(a) Huey Long.
(b) Orson Welles.
(c) Harold Ickes.
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt.

3. What does Edward Burgess say he never saw in Chicago in the 1930's?
(a) Bread lines.
(b) Speakeasy raids.
(c) Apple carts.
(d) Union strikes.

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

5. Dr. Francis Townsend's ideas eventually became the groundwork for what?
(a) The New Deal.
(b) Medicaid.
(c) Social Security.
(d) The Civil Rights Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moment excited Wilbur Kane to the point of mocking his German neighbors?

2. What was Dorothea Lange's profession?

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

4. What does Alf Landon say he disliked about Roosevelt's New Deal?

5. What legendary artist of the twentieth century directed The Cradle Will Rock?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Jack Kirkland become famous during the Depression?

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

5. How does Max Shachtman explain the decline of Communism's popularity in America?

6. Who was Martin Dies?

7. What strange dichotomy exists in Stanley Kell's interview in Honor and Humiliation?

8. What did Hiram Sherman do after The Cradle Will Rock?

9. What does Dr. Martin Bickham discover about the American drive to work through his relief work in the 1930's?

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

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