From Revolutionary Firebrand to Journalist in Spirit

	From Revolutionary Firebrand to Journalist in Spirit - Quiz
	1) Before he became a member of parliament, John Curtin worked in a number of different jobs including: One answer only. paper boy, union secretary, factory hand, editor teacher, orator, journalist, editor copy boy, costing clerk, union secretary, editor copy boy, union secretary, trade assistant, barman 2) John Curtin's first article was published in One answer only. The Westralian Worker The West Australian The Timber Worker The Socialist 3) John Curtin was editor of the following papers: One answer only. The Socialist and the Timber Worker The Timber Worker and the Westralian Worker The Westralian Worker and The West Australian The West Australian and The Sunday Times 4) A feature of Curtin's writing at the Timber Worker was One answer only. the placing of inspirational or educational messages above the mast-head the use of borrowed engravings and woodcut cartoons serious articles which took a long time to get to the point all of the above 5) It is clear from Curtin's writing in The Timber Worker that One answer only. he was a supporter of conscription for military service he favoured large industry wide trade unions rather than small craft unions he believed that politicians would solve the problems of war and poverty he believed that paying union dues was the most important part of trade union membership 6) Which of the following problems did Curtin face when he arrived in Perth to become the editor of The Westralian Worker? One answer only. He'd never worked on an 'ordinary' newspaper before with multiple deadlines The Westralian Worker was very conservative and sometimes gave more space to sport than politics The paper was not run in line with Labor Party policy All of the above 7) John Curtin wrote in The Westralian Worker 'we can do without them, but they cannot do without us'. He was referring to: One answer only. union leaders union members capitalists Labor parliamentarians 8) As editor, John Curtin made changes to the Westralian Worker, including: One answer only. lower subscription rates and more advertising better layout, a new logo and more advertising inspirational messages and less tabloid style journalism longer, more involved editorials and less advertising 9) Curtin's changes at the Westralian Worker resulted in: One answer only. a rapid increase in newspaper sales a substantially increased profit lots of job offers for Curtin from other newspapers none of the above 10) John Curtin's writing changed in a number of ways during his time as editor of The Westralian Worker. One change was: One answer only. his articles became more diverse and international in their content his articles became more parochial, concentrating on events taking place in Perth and Western Australia his writings became more humorous and witty none of the above 11) John Curtin left the Westralian Worker in 1928 to One answer only. join the Labor Party become a member of Federal Parliament work with another newspaper become president of the Australian Journalists Association 12) John Curtin believed that it was important to have a positive relationship between journalists and politicians. The best evidence for this is: One answer only. his appointment of a press secretary while still in opposition and twice daily briefings with journalists once he became prime minister the many positive tributes written by journalists on John Curtin's death in July 1945 his belief in the principle that journalists always told the absolute truth his statement that 'we can do without them, but they cannot do without us' This test has been created using the CASTLE Toolkit
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