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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 was Paul Draper's occupation during the 1930's?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Dancer.
(c) Actor.
(d) Playwright.

2. What was the name of the private relief organization that Dr. Martin Bickham worked with in the 1930's?
(a) Relief Alternatives.
(b) Helping Hands.
(c) United Charity.
(d) Philanthropists Agglomerated.

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

4. How did some states begin paying public school teachers in the 1930's?
(a) With Canadian money.
(b) With food.
(c) With IOU's.
(d) With store vouchers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the Actors Union's response to The Cradle Will Rock?

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

5. According to Samuel A. Heller, what did police often do with arraigned people awaiting trial in the 1930's?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Neil Schaffner's theatre troupe have to change their business model after the Crash 1929?

4. How did The Cradle Will Rock become a lightning rod of controversy?

5. According to Elizabeth Wood, how did public housing develop the stigma it has today?

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

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

8. What humiliation did Ward James face seeking relief in the 1930's?

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

10. How did Ray Wax's life disillusion him to the idea of strive-and-succeed?

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