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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
Which of thesel films made between 1934 and 1936 presented the social and political accomplishments of the New Deal in a positive light.
a.
Gone With the Wind
c.
The Roosevelt Raiders
b.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington
d.
A Touch of Evil
 

 2. 
It was no mistake that Roosevelt chose _____ as the medium for his "fireside chats."
a.
television
c.
black and white movies
b.
radio
d.
colored movies
 

 3. 
Radio shows such as, The Green Hornet and The Lone Ranger, generally aired _____
a.
later in the afternoon
c.
in the early afternoon
b.
late a night
d.
in the morning
 

 4. 
Which medium was more somber and serious during the depression?
a.
radio
c.
art and literature
b.
movies
d.
music
 

 5. 
The Federal Art Project, a branch of the _____, paid artists a living wage to produce public art and increase public appredciation of art and an appreciation of America.
a.
CCC
c.
SEC
b.
NRA
d.
WPA
 

 6. 
Why were movies so popular during the 1930's?
a.
inexpensive to see
c.
were a novelty
b.
provided a way for people to escape the realities of the depression
d.
all of these
 

 7. 
"Gone with the Wind" is one of the great epic films of all time. What was it about?
a.
Inner city youth gangs
c.
Southern plantation owners and the civil war.
b.
Dust bowl farmers on the plains of the midwest
d.
Live in the trenches during World War I
 

 8. 
Which medium did FDR choose for his "fireside chats?"
a.
magazines
c.
movies
b.
radio
d.
television
 

 9. 
Orsen Wells produced a radio program in the 1930's that caused panic among many Americans who though that Martians had invaded the United States. What was the show called?
a.
"When Martians Invade"
c.
"Gone With the Wind"
b.
"When Worlds Collide"
d.
"War of the Worlds"
 

 10. 
Which art form was generally considered more entertaining in the 1930's?
a.
painting and radio
c.
movies and radio
b.
painting and literature
d.
movies and painting
 

 11. 
Which art form was considered more sober and serious during the 1930's?
a.
literature and painting
c.
movies and literature
b.
radio and movies
d.
radio and literature
 

 12. 
Who wrote, "The Grapes of Wrath?"
a.
John Steinbeck
c.
F.Scott Fitzgerald
b.
Earnest Hemingway
d.
Tennessee Williams
 

 13. 
The Federal Art Project, which provided funding for art projects during the Depression was part of the _____ .
a.
Social Securities Act, SSA
c.
Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA
b.
Works Progress Administration, WPA
d.
American Arts Rehabilitation Project, AARP
 

 14. 
In general, the entertainment industry was _____ the New Deal programs of FDR
a.
negative about
c.
supportive of
b.
skeptical of
d.
none of these
 

 15. 
What does FDR stand for?
a.
Franklin Deleno Roosevelt
c.
Food and Drug Relief
b.
Franklin Dennis Roosevelt
d.
Federal Drug Relief
 

Matching
 
 
a.
Waiting for Lefty
f.
Gone with the Wind
b.
U.S.A. (three part novel)
g.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
c.
War of the Worlds
h.
The Grapes of Wrath
d.
Navtive Son
i.
Duch Soup
e.
Gothic
j.
Our Town
 

 16. 

 Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh for Margaret Mitchell, Life among Southerine plantation owners during the Civil War
 

 17. 

 Groucho Marx and the Marx brothers. Life in Freedonia, a fictional country.
 

 18. 

 Frank Capra. Honest, kindhearted people winning out over greedy special interests
 

 19. 

 Clifford Odets. Labor struggles of the 1930's
 

 20. 

 Orson Welles for H.G. Wells. Martian invasion of Earth
 

 21. 

 Richard Wright. Difficulties faced by a young man trying to survive in a racist world
 

 22. 

 John Steinbeck. Difficulties of Oklahomans who leave the Dust Bowl for California
 

 23. 

 John Dos Passos. 20th century American history
 

 24. 

 Thorton Wilder Warmth and beauty of small-town life in New England
 

 25. 

 Grant Wood. Two stern faced farmers; rural life during the Depression
 



 
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