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Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo
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Joe Bonham
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1
of 5
What word best characterizes the level of financial stability Dalton Trumbo experienced growing up?
Nonexistent
Shaky
Firm
Rock-solid
2
of 5
What company hired Trumbo in 1934, and later fired him for refusing to leave the left-wing Screen Writer's Guild?
Quaker Oats
Columbia Pictures
Warner Brothers
Universal Studios
3
of 5
What historical event prompted Trumbo to postpone the reprinting of Johnny Got His Gun?
World War II
John F. Kennedy's election
The moon landing
The Vietnam War
4
of 5
What type of activity was Joseph McCarthy's House Committee on Un-American Activities concerned with stopping?
Terrorist activities
Philanthropist activities
Capitalist activities
Communist activities
5
of 5
For Trumbo, what were the consequences of refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities?
A prison sentence
Film industry blacklisting
An assassination attempt
Answers A. and B.
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