Question 1
In the 1930s, all the following books offered criticism of American society EXCEPT
A. Anthony Adverse by Hervey Allen.
B. U.S.A. by John Dos Passos.
C. Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathaniel West.
D. Studs Lonigan by James T. Farrell.
E. The Disinherited by Jack Conroy.
Question 2
In 1939, after the Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, the American Communist Party
A. disbanded.
B. broke from the Soviet Union.
C. formed an American Nazi Party.
D. lost a significant portion of its membership.
E. reduced its criticism of the United States.
Question 3
During the 1930s, the American Communist Party
A. supported Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
B. None of these answers is correct.
C. excluded most minorities from its ranks.
D. distanced itself from the Soviet Union.
E. both distanced itself from the Soviet Union and excluded most minorities from its ranks.
Question 4
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade is associated with
A. the bonus marchers.
B. the Spanish Civil War.
C. veterans of World War I.
D. the radical right.
E. the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Spanish Mastiff
Abraham Lake
Men Present for Service during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Richmond, Virginia, lies in ruins in April 1865 at the time of Lincoln’s visit—and a few days before
Ernest Meissonier, Memory of Civil War (The Barricades).