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Question 1

In the 1930s, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People
 
  A. claimed community togetherness was the best way to combat hard times.
 
  B. taught that individual initiative could help people to restore themselves financially.
 
  C. gave financial advice and offered tips for going to a job interview.
 
  D. asserted that a strong faith in Christianity would best help one through hard times.
 
  E. argued the best way to end the Depression was to have working-class men and women run for office.

Question 2

During the 1930s, regarding radio,
 
  A. most programs were increasingly prerecorded.
 
  B. listening was often a community experience.
 
  C. radio sets were basically unusable in rural areas without electricity.
 
  D. around half of all American homes owned a radio.
 
  E. the largest proportion of programming was devoted to news.

Question 3

The long-time censor of Hollywood films in the 1920s and 1930s was
 
  A. Frank Capra.
 
  B. King Vidor.
 
  C. James Agee.
 
  D. Will Hays.
 
  E. Pare Lorentz.

Question 4

The 1930s films of director Frank Capra typically displayed
 
  A. a harsh critique of the heartlessness of capitalism.
 
  B. praise for the rugged individualism of American business.
 
  C. the grasping materialism of most Americans.
 
  D. a populist admiration for ordinary Americans.
 
  E. the cultural backwardness of small towns in America.

Question 5

In the 1930s, all of the following films offered social commentary on the United States and the Great Depression, EXCEPT
 
  A. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.
 
  B. Our Daily Bread.
 
  C. The Grapes of Wrath.
 
  D. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
 
  E. It Happened One Night.



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micaelaswann

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Answer 1

B

Answer 2

B

Answer 3

D

Answer 4

D

Answer 5

E




meagbuch

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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