Johnny Got His Gun: Context Quiz: Quick Quiz

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What word best characterizes the level of financial stability Dalton Trumbo experienced growing up?

Nonexistent
Shaky
Firm
Rock-solid

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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.

Johnny Got His Gun

Context Quiz

1 of 5
What word best characterizes the level of financial stability Dalton Trumbo experienced growing up?

2 of 5
What company hired Trumbo in 1934, and later fired him for refusing to leave the left-wing Screen Writer's Guild?

3 of 5
What historical event prompted Trumbo to postpone the reprinting of Johnny Got His Gun?

4 of 5
What type of activity was Joseph McCarthy's House Committee on Un-American Activities concerned with stopping?

5 of 5
For Trumbo, what were the consequences of refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities?

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1 of 5 What word best characterizes the level of financial stability Dalton Trumbo experienced growing up?

2 of 5 What company hired Trumbo in 1934, and later fired him for refusing to leave the left-wing Screen Writer's Guild?

3 of 5 What historical event prompted Trumbo to postpone the reprinting of Johnny Got His Gun?

4 of 5 What type of activity was Joseph McCarthy's House Committee on Un-American Activities concerned with stopping?

5 of 5 For Trumbo, what were the consequences of refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities?

Popular pages: Johnny Got His Gun

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Joe Bonham: Character Analysis CHARACTERS

Important Quotations Explained MAIN IDEAS

Themes MAIN IDEAS

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60 YA Movie Adaptations, Ranked

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1 of 5
What word best characterizes the level of financial stability Dalton Trumbo experienced growing up?

2 of 5
What company hired Trumbo in 1934, and later fired him for refusing to leave the left-wing Screen Writer's Guild?

3 of 5
What historical event prompted Trumbo to postpone the reprinting of Johnny Got His Gun?

4 of 5
What type of activity was Joseph McCarthy's House Committee on Un-American Activities concerned with stopping?

5 of 5
For Trumbo, what were the consequences of refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities?