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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. What was fortunate about Hellman's first marriage?
(a) He had a job.
(b) He was loving.
(c) He supported her writing.
(d) He was never home.

2. Who joined the House Committee program soon after it started.
(a) Wallace.
(b) Hoover.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) Truman.

3. Truman created the House Committee on _______ Activities.
(a) Ineffective.
(b) Un-American.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Foreign.

4. With the House, how were people's loyalties originally tested?
(a) Litmus test.
(b) Physical abuse.
(c) Mind games.
(d) Drawn out interrogation.

5. What was the last straw for America to acknowledge the "Red threat"?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Russian Revolution.
(c) Hitler.
(d) The Chinese Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. The House Committee was originally intended to test the loyalty of ______.

2. The American government equated Communism with _______.

3. What does Wills describe as the resolution for the Great Depression?

4. Hellman's first published play was:

5. Wills sees institutions like the House Committee as what?

(see the answer key)

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