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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 83 through 94.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Stanley Isaacs lose an assistant?
(a) He was a Communist.
(b) He fled the country.
(c) Issacs was broke.
(d) Someone offered him more money.

2. The American government equated Communism with _______.
(a) A revolution.
(b) Nazism.
(c) Ideology.
(d) Democracy.

3. When did McCarthy bring his first charges to the House Committee?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1939.

4. Before Hellman's politics developed, what did she miss?
(a) The development of the Communist Party.
(b) The first round of Hollywood investigations.
(c) A cultural revolution.
(d) A Communist uprising.

5. During the McCarthy era, why were Americans angry at foreign countries?
(a) They were aiding McCarthy.
(b) They were responsible for McCarthy.
(c) They were provoking McCarthy.
(d) They didn't intervene.

Short Answer Questions

1. The government convinced people that progressive men were _______.

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

3. Why did Elia Kazan agree to become a friendly witness?

4. After Hellman sent her letter, what did she do?

5. Fortas called the Fifth Amendment ______.

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