Scoundrel Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Scoundrel Time Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people often and inaccurately accredit to McCarthy?
(a) The Watergate Scandal.
(b) The Blacklist.
(c) Truman's election.
(d) A major terrorist attack.

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

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

4. According to Wills, America focused on fighting _____.
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) Itself.
(d) Evil.

5. Why couldn't Fortas defend Hellman?
(a) He didn't agree with her.
(b) He was too busy.
(c) His other client could hurt her stance.
(d) He didn't know how.

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

7. How soon did Hellman experience literary success?
(a) After her McCarthy controversy.
(b) After several plays.
(c) After her first play.
(d) After she died.

8. Wills explains that the government had an urge to bring ______ propaganda in peace.
(a) War.
(b) Fear.
(c) Financial.
(d) Peace.

9. During the McCarthy hearings, who were most of the studio heads?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Women.
(c) Anti-radicals.
(d) Communists.

10. How was the Blacklist used against people?
(a) It was used as blackmail.
(b) It was attached to their resume.
(c) It was published.
(d) It was sent to their families.

11. Fortas called the Fifth Amendment ______.
(a) A gift.
(b) A hoax.
(c) A cop out.
(d) Critical.

12. What does Wills describe as the resolution for the Great Depression?
(a) The McCarthy hearings.
(b) The Cold War.
(c) World War II.
(d) Foreign invasion.

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

14. Why did Hellman go to Germany?
(a) To help clean up.
(b) To meet a celebrity.
(c) To find her family.
(d) To go to college.

15. Before her hearing, Hellman had to go to _____ for a script consultation.
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hammett compared his time in jail to ______.

2. What was fortunate about Hellman's first marriage?

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

4. For Hellman to travel, what did she need?

5. Why was Gary Cooper unsure if he'd read a script with Communist propaganda?

(see the answer keys)

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