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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 37 through 50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Wills explains that the tactics of the Committee created an environment of _______ in America.
(a) Calmness.
(b) Dependence.
(c) Greed.
(d) Distrust.

2. What helped Truman get re-elected in 1948?
(a) His good leadership.
(b) The environment of fear created.
(c) The inadequacy of his opponents.
(d) His concern for children.

3. When did Hellman return to America?
(a) During the depression.
(b) The end of World War II.
(c) The end of the Truman administration.
(d) The rise of McCarthyism.

4. Hellman viewed Nixon, McCarthy, and McCarran as _______.
(a) Thieves.
(b) Opportunists.
(c) Cowards.
(d) Gods.

5. Wills sees the Cold War offensive as an ______ to the threat of the enemy.
(a) Unequal.
(b) Insufficient.
(c) Accurate.
(d) Mimicking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people often and inaccurately accredit to McCarthy?

2. Hellman was considered a ________, not a Communist.

3. What was the last straw for America to acknowledge the "Red threat"?

4. What made Hellman a target for suspicion by the Committee?

5. Hellman's first published play was:

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