50 tests on a topic “The literature of Great Depression: John Steinbeck, E. Caldwell

Mirzatillayev Farrukh, 1908-group

50 tests on a topic “The literature of Great Depression: John Steinbeck, E.Caldwell.

1. 
   Which of the following statements concerning the stock market before the Crash of 1929 is false?
   

1. 
   Many people speculated in the stock market.
   
2. 
   The average price of many stocks increased dramatically.
   
3. 
   The amount of stock traded increased dramatically.
   
4. 
   Most brokers required cash payments only for stock purchases
   

2. 
   Which of the following was not a cause of the Great Depression?
   

1. 
   Americans were not allowed to drink liquor as a result of Prohibition.
   
2. 
   Wealth was not evenly distributed in America.
   
3. 
   The stock market crash in 1929 destroyed a great deal of wealth.
   
4. 
   European demand for American products decreased.
   

3. 
   Which of the following was not an effect of the Great Depression on the American family?
   

1. 
   The birth rate declined.
   
2. 
   The marriage rate declined.
   
3. 
   The divorce rate increased.
   
4. 
   Middle class families suffered a lower standard of living.
   

4. 
   Which of the following novels did not portray social injustices in American society during the Great Depression?
   

1. 
   Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road (1932)
   
2. 
   Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936)
   
3. 
   John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (1939)
   
4. 
   Richard Wright's Native Son (1940)
   

5. 
   Four of the following statements correctly describe conditions in the stock market during the year and a half preceding the Great Crash of 1929. Which is the exception?
   

1. 
   There was a widespread speculative fever
   
2. 
   The average price of most stock increased dramatically.
   
3. 
   The daily volume of stock traded increased dramatically.
   
4.