The President and Politics
(THIS TEST COVERS THE PERIOD MID-FEBRUARY 1949 TO EARLY JUNE 1949)
Prepared by The Editors of TIME in collaboration with Alvin C. Eurich and Elmo C. Wilson
Co-Authors of the Cooperative Contemporary Affairs Test for the American Council on Education
(Copyright 1949 by TIME Inc.)
This test is to help TIME readers and their friends check their knowledge of current affairs. In recording answers, make no marks at all opposite questions. Use one of the answer sheets printed with the test: sheets for four persons are provided. After taking the test, check your replies against the correct answers printed on the last page of the test, entering the number of right answers as your score on the answer sheet.
The test is given under the honor system-- no peeking.
HOW TO SCORE
For each of the test questions, five possible answers are given. You are to select the best answer and put its number on the answer sheet next to the number of that question. Example:
0. The President of the United States is:
1. Dewey 3. Truman 5. Wallace.
2. Hoover 4. Vandenberg.
Truman, of course, is the correct answer. Since this question is numbered 0, the number 3-- standing for Truman-- has been placed at the right of 0 on the answer sheet.
U. S. Affairs
The President and Politics
1. Buttressing his official family with "before-November" Trumanities, the President brought in Defense Secretary Louis Johnson, who aroused deep growls from old sea dogs by:
1. Firing Admiral Louis Denfeld.
2. Merging Marine Corps aviation into Army & Navy air forces.
3. Stopping construction of the 65,000 ton supercarrier United States.
4. Drastically slashing the naval budget.
5. Merging Annapolis with West Point.
2. In April, the President sent to the Senate for confirmation as Under Secretary of Defense the name of F.D.R's old press secretary:
1. Marvin McIntyre.
2. Louis Howe
3. John J. McCloy.
4. Stephen T. Early.
5. Curtis E. Calder.
3. For Secretary of the Navy, the President nominated an Omaha businessman:
1. Harry Vaughan. 4. Thomas
2. Jonathan Daniels. Pendergast Jr.
3. Francis Matthews. 5. Robert Quinn.
4. In May, a well-heeled and powerful opposition overthrew the old, corrupt political machine bossed by:
1 . Ed Kelley of Chicago.
2. Ed Crump of Memphis.
3. The Albany O'Connells.
4. Dave Beck of Seattle.
5. Frank Hague of Jersey City.
5. That the Roosevelt name was still magic with the voters was significantly revealed when:
1. Jimmy Roosevelt won the California gubernatorial primaries.
2. John Roosevelt was elected Mayor of Hollywood.
3. F.D.R. Jr. was sent to Congress from a New York City district.
4. Eleanor Roosevelt easily won the Democratic nomination for Senator from New York.
5. Anna Eleanor Boettiger was sent to the State legislature in Arizona.
6. The Democrats got an unexpected chance to increase their strength in the Senate with the resignation of G.O.P.
Senator :
1. Baldwin of Connecticut.
2. Humphrey of Minnesota.
3. Bridges of New Hampshire.
4. Wagner of New York.
5. Wherry of Nebraska.
Congress
7. The President prodded the 81st Congress to enact his "Fair Deal" program, which included all but one of these:
1.Abandonment of rent controls.
2. Civil Rights legislation.
3. $4 billion in new taxes.
4. Federal sponsorship of low-rent housing.
5. Compulsory health insurance.
8. Before it had passed any major legislation, Congress bogged down in a Senate filibuster which had as its real issue the determination of Southern Democrats to kill off the:
1. Equal suffrage law.
2. New tax bill.
3. Civil Rights program.
4. Bill repealing the Taft-Hartley Act.
5. Universal Military Training bill.
9. Miffed at Congressional failure to get going on his legislative program, the President said that the Congress:
1. Was the "worst in history."
2. Would be purged in 1952.
3. Contained too many "B-y-r-d-s."
4. Was too anxious to get away for the summer holidays.
5. Was acting like a bunch of ward heelers.
10. In Congress there was increasing pressure from all sides, notably including Illinois' liberal Democratic Senator Paul Douglas, for:
1. Expanding Federal public works to solve growing unemployment.
2. Complete revision of Civil Service legislation.
3. Removal of corporate excess profits taxes to encourage business expansion.
4. Reduction of Federal expenditures.
5. Expansion of the nation's military program.
11 . With a roar of pain and surprise, Congressmen learned that the Atomic Energy Commission had:
1. Authorized sale of uranium to the Soviet satellite, Hungary.
2. Awarded a science scholarship to an avowed Communist.
3. Not been clearing all atomic employees with the F.B.I.
4. Invited Soviet atomic scientists to a four-day conference in the fall.
5. Been selling uranium to commercial organizations.
Labor
12. Issue of the strike at the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit was:
1. Higher pay.
2. An alleged speed-up on the assembly line.
3. Pensions.
4. The 35-hour week.
5. Union recognition and a closed shop.
13. Ended after three weeks of negotiations, the strike settlement accepted the company's position that:
1. Pensions were impossible this year.
2. Union members would have to pro duce more if they expected higher wages.
3. 40 hours is the basic work week.
4. It could sign no closed shop agreement under the Taft-Hartley Act.
5. The central issue be submitted to arbitration.
14. Felled by a shotgun assailant in an attack like last year's on his brother was Labor Leader:
1. Emil Mazey.
2. Denny Lewis.
3. David Dubinsky.
4. Victor Reuther.
5. Robert Thomp.
15. An eight-day strike, staged by John L. Lewis' District 50, failed to organize :
1. New York City taxi drivers.
2. Illinois soft coal miners.
3. Petroleum workers.
4. New Orleans dock workers.
5. Southern cotton pickers.
Business & Finance
16. The Federal Reserve Bank took a step in March to combat deflation by:
1. Setting up a large public works program.
2. Doubling its member-banks' rediscount note.
3. Declaring a moratorium on foreign loans.
4. Easing up on Regulation W, which restricts installment buying.
5. Stopping the sale of U.S. bonds to banks.
17. Chairman Edwin G. Nourse, of Council of Economic Advisers, in that the country is going through:
1. Deflation.
2. Further inflation.
3. Disinflation.
4. Adjustments to foreign markets.
5. The preliminary stages of a "crash."
18. The last great U.S. shortage which spring showed definite signs of coming to an end is in:
1. Aluminum. 4. Glass.
2. Cotton. 5. Nylon.
3. Steel.
19. When the reports on first-quarter were in, the outstanding fact that:
l. Earnings were off an average 18%.
2. Many companies showed profits even higher than in 1948's fat first quarter.
3. Most companies seemed to be just about holding their own, in comparison with 1948 figures.
4. Earnings averaged 25% higher on the whole than in 1948.
5. A few big companies like General Electric showed a sharp decline over the previous quarter.
20. Under fire in recent Congressional hearings have been the subsidies paid by the U.S. Government to:
1. Railroads.
2. Coal mine operators.
3. Steel producers.
4. Munitions manufacturers.
5. Commercial airlines.
21 . Warm weather did not bring the usual seasonal upswing this year in:
l. Construction.
2. Used auto sales.
3. Airline travel.
4. Gasoline.
5. Ice cream.
Here & There
22. Marking a big step toward civilian control in Germany was the replacement of General Clay by:
1. Adlai Stevenson.
2. John J. McCloy.
3. Robert Murphy.
4. Leon Henderson.
5. James A. Farley.
23. Vice President Barkley added a new word to the language when he told reporters that his family called him:
1. "Little Albie." 4. "Twoman."
2. "Veep." 5. "Subpres."
3. "Presup."
24. Called to Washington as "principal military adviser to the President" was college head:
1. Harold Stassen. 4. Dwight Eisenhower. 2. James B. Conant.
3. Karl Compton. 5. Ben Wood.
25. In midwinter a variation of the letter craze which swept the nation the:
1. Diamond Club. 4. Townsend Club.
2. Triangle Club. 5. Pyramid Club.
3. Double or Nothing Club.
INTERNATIONAL & FOREIGN NEWS
North Atlantic Treaty
26. Months of negotiation finally produced the North Atlantic Treaty, a defensive alliance which at the outset would include the U.S., Great Britain, and all but one of these:
1. France. 4. Benelux countries.
2. Spain. 5. Canada.
3. Norway.
27. Keynote of the treaty was the clause which declared that:
1. Armed assistance to a member nation attacked by an aggressor would be automatic.
2. An armed attack in Europe or North America against any signatory would be considered an attack against them all.
3. The spread of Communism would be checked, and freedom restored to the Soviet satellite states.
4. The use of military force against any signatory, even by a faction within the nation itself, would bring immediate assistance from other signatories.
5. The agreement was made without regard to the members' commitments to the U.N.
28. The attempt by Sweden to organize a neutral bloc outside the pact collapsed when Secretary Acheson:
1. Declared that all nations must be "either our Allies or our enemies."
2. Publicly denounced Sweden as a "saboteur of peace."
3. Said neutrals' requests for U.S. military supplies would be subordinated to those of pact members.
4. Persuaded Sweden to sign the treaty.
5. Persuaded Finland to stay out of such a bloc.
Communist Strategy
29. Reacting to this show of strength, the Communist parties in one country-after another:
1 . Urged that the pact be opened to Russian-dominated countries.
2. Ordered general strikes for April.
3. Issued propaganda directives calling for a general peace conference in 1949.
4. Were deceptively quiet, and prepared to go underground.
5. Announced that they would side with Russia against their own countries in case of war.
30. A shakeup in the Moscow high command replaced Foreign Minister Molotov with Andrei Vishinsky, and to the important post of First Deputy Foreign Minister went the man who had cast 25 vetoes at the U.N. Security Council:
1. M. A. Menshikov.
2. Andrei Gromyko.
3. A. I. Mikoyan.
4. Maxim Litvinoff.
5. Nikolai Voznesensky.
German Problem
31 . The U.S., Britain and France met and agreed on a blueprint for Western Germany which included all but one of these provisions:
1. Most of the dismantling of German industrial plants will stop.
2. Germany will be admitted as a full-fledged partner in the Marshall Plan organization.
3. Military government will end.
4. Germany may rearm.
5. The Allies will retain certain key powers of control vested in three civilian high commissioners.
32. A shift in policy came when the Union offered to end the Berlin if the Western Powers would their counter-blockade and:
1 . Agree to convene the Big Four Council of Foreign Ministers.
2. Accept Soviet Zone currency in all Berlin.
3. Agree to restore the Weimar Constitution to Germany.
4. Guarantee Russia's reparations claims against Germany.
5. Legalize the Communist party in the Western Zones.
33. Four years after the Third Reich's to the Allies, German delegates at Bonn:
1. Celebrated the defeat as a German victory.
2. Asked the U.S. for more aid.
3. Asked the Western Powers to drive Russia out of Germany.
4. Adopted a democratic constitution for Western Germany.
5. Formed a neo-Nazi group.
34. On the eve of the Foreign Ministers conference the Russians staged an election for a People's Congress in the Soviet Zone, the results of which:
1. Showed the usual 90% majority for the Reds.
2. Were suppressed.
3. Even by the Reds' say-so, showed about a third of the people in opposition.
4. Showed 75% of the people opposing the Reds.
5. Were declared invalid by the four-power Kommandatura.
35 . Meanwhile, the blockade had barely been lifted in Berlin when the life of the city was violently disrupted again by a prolonged strike among:
1 . Railway workers.
2. Street cleaners.
3. Construction workers.
4. School teachers.
5. Truck drivers.
Satellites
36. Tried and convicted of treason by Communist forces was Cardinal Mindszenty of:
1 . Albania. . 4. Rumania.
2. Hungary. 5. Czechoslovakia.
3. Yugoslavia.
37. A short time later the Communist-controlled government of Bulgaria started down the same road when it:
1. Jailed another cardinal.
2. Confiscated all Church properties.
3. Forbade all religious meetings.
4. Convicted 15 Protestant ministers of trumped-up treason and black market charges.
5. Jailed over 1,000 Catholic priests.
38. The ironic spectacle of a cold war between two Communist police states was still going on between Russia and:
1. Hungary. 4. Finland.
2. Greece. 5. Yugoslavia
3. Rumania.
Europe and the Middle East
39. In April, for the first time in 795 years, independence in law as well as in fact came to:
1 . Sweden. 4. The Island of Jersey.
2. Wales. 5. Ireland.
3. Scotland.
40. In Greece, where the U. S. first took an aggressive stand against the Red tide, Communist guerrillas were:
1 . Engulfing the whole country.
2. Getting aid from China's Communists.
3. Withdrawn by the Russians.
4. Slowly being beaten back by the Greek army.
5. Annihilated by the Greek army.
41 . Britain's last major election test before next year's general elections registered surprising gains for:
1. Labor. 4. Communists.
2. Socialists. 5. Liberals.
3. Conservatives.
42. Improved economic conditions in Europe were reflected in the fact that the bottom had fallen out of the black market in:
1. Automobiles. 4. Currency.
2. Soap. 5. Cigarettes.
3. Gasoline.
43. As usual, carefully controlled elections assured the continued power of Dictator Salazar of:
1 . Luxembourg. 4. Switzerland.
2. Andorra. 5. Yugoslavia.
3. Portugal
44. One year old in May, Israel got exactly what it wanted for a birthday present:
1. A favorable trade agreement with the U.S.
2. A favorable trade agreement with Russia.
3. Membership in the U.N.
4. A large loan from the World Bank.
5. A balanced budget.
AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE NEWS
Directions: Located on this map, and identified in the statements below, are scenes of recent developments in the news. Write on the answer sheet (opposite the number of each statement) the number which correctly locates the place or event described.
45. World's oldest, and smallest republic controlled by Communists.
46. Abandoned neutrality to join North Atlantic Treaty despite a Russian demand for a non-aggression pact.
47. Still British as Unionists rolled up a 3-to-l majority in House of Commons over Republican Catholics. 48. U.S. sailors desecrating a hero's statue here were almost lynched.
49. The eleven-month-old blockade of this city was lifted in May.
50. U.N. refused to lift diplomatic sanctions against this country, which was also barred from the Atlantic pact.
51. Winston Churchill told a forum here that only U.S. possession of the atom had prevented communization of all Europe.
52. This nation's Chief Executive visited President Truman in May.
53. The wife and daughter of this country's late President were murdered here.
54. Heroic efforts here failed to rescue Kathy Fiscus from an abandoned well.
The Far East
55. During a week of swift disaster in China in late April, Communist armies along a 400-mile front overcame the last great obstacle in their southward drive, the:
1. Great Wall of China. 4. Tibetan Range.
2. Yellow Sea. 5. Yangtze River.
3. Sun Yat-sen Line.
56. In a serious clash between Communist and British forces the Reds:
1. Invaded the British compound at Peiping.
2. Attacked Hong Kong.
3. Knocked a British sloop out of action; killed 44 Britons.
4. Brought down a British observation plane over Nanking.
5. Attacked the British naval base at Tientsin.
57. By early June all but one of these had happened in the Chinese conflict:
1. Nanking fell to the Reds.
2. Chiang came out of retirement to visit Shanghai and proclaim his hope of final victory.
3. Communist forces captured Shanghai.
4. Many Nationalist officials fled to Formosa.
5. Acting President Li was replaced by Madame Chiang Kaishek.
58. The biggest and best news for Japan since the occupation came in May when the U.S. announced that it:
1 . Would withdraw all troops from Japan by Christmas.
2. Would send twice as many supplies during 1949 as last year.
3. Had renounced all further reparations claims on Japan.
4. Would withdraw General MacArthur but keep the troops there.
5. Had invited Hirohito to visit the U.S.
59. The formula finally worked out to keep India within the Commonwealth of Nations provided:
1 . Nothing beyond the independence she now has.
2. That a member of the British royal family will serve as governor.
3. That India would become an independent sovereign republic and accept the King only as a symbol of free association of independent member nations.
4. For a status comparable to the Philippines relationship to the U.S.
5. For a special office for Nehru in the British government.
60. Already plagued by attacks from both Trotskyite and Stalinist Communist forces, the Burmese government also was fighting off a strong revolt among the:
1. Tibetan minority. 4. Karens.
2. Bengalese. 5. Headhunters of Irrawaddy.
3. Siamese minority.
Western Hemisphere
61 . A notable provision in Argentina's new constitution was that it specifically:
1. Banned all "democratic movements."
2. Forbade diplomatic relations with Russia.
3. Authorized President Peron to succeed himself.
4. Nationalized over 40% of the country's big industries.
5. Denied citizenship to nonwhites.
62. On March 31 the Dominion of Canada was joined by:
1. Queensland. 4. Hudson Bay Territory.
2. Greenland. Territory. 5. Newfoundland.
3. New Brunswick.
63. A new $94 million budget, 46% of which was earmarked for health and education, pleased Luis Munoz Marin, first popularly elected governor of:
1. Cuba. 4. Venezuela.
2. Guatemala. 5. Puerto Rico.
3. Colombia.
Other Events
Science and Medicine
64. Britain's bid for a larger share of the commercial airplane business is based on a new "turboprop" engine, which:
1. Uses gas turbines driving a conventional propeller.
2. Uses diesel oil for fuel.
3. Has four times the power of a jet engine.
4. Burns less fuel than a piston engine.
5. Is driven by liquid oxygen.
65. Citing research by Manhattan's Dr. Morton Biskind, Medical Columnist Albert Deutsch contends that certain cattle diseases, as well as Virus X among humans, may be traceable to:
1. Extreme humidity.
2. Grass pollens.
3. Hereditary traits.
4. Careless use of DDT.
5. Unsanitary milking machines.
66. A gadget that is playing an increasingly important role in our lives is the Geiger counter, which:
1. Counts red and white cells in the blood supply.
2. Detects cancer in its earliest stages.
3. Instantaneously solves mathematical problems.
4. "Scores" foods to determine their body-building potentials.
5. Detects the presence of radioactivity.
67. A preliminary report on a scientific survey indicated that one of the factors in lung cancer may be:
1. Exposure to rheumatic fever during childhood.
2. Swimming under water.
3. Bad posture.
4. Excessive smoking.
5. Talking too much.
68. A new technique which requires no laboratory animals, takes only half an hour at most, and, in a series of tests, proved 100% accurate, was announced by Northwestern's Dr. Garwood C. Richardson as a test for:
1. Cancer. 4. Tuberculosis.
2. Pregnancy. 5. Infantile paralysis.
3. Cardiac ailments.
69. Walled off from the world by the desert and the strictest military secrecy, Muroc Dry Lake is the:
1. U.S. Air Force's secret test base.
2. Location of latest atomic energy plant.
3. Army's biological warfare research center.
4. Prison for Communist spies.
5. Newly discovered uranium mine.
70. From patent rights on streptomycin donated by discoverer Dr. Selman Wakeman, a new $1,000,000 Institute of Microbiology will be built at:
1. The University of Chicago.
2. Stanford University.
3. Harvard University.
4. Rutgers University.
5 Princeton University.
71 . At Long Island's Creedmoor State Hospital, the staff was given cautiously optimistic reports on the use of histamine in treating:
1. Gallstones. 4. Seasickness.
2. Colds. 5. Insomnia.
3. Mental illness.
Arts and Entertainment
72. Broadway's smash hit musical, starring Opera Star Ezio Pinza as a middle-aged French planter is:
1. Where's Charley?
2. Lend an Ear.
3. Along Fifth Avenue.
4. South Pacific.
5. Miss Liberty.
73. "Charley Gray," prototype of the millions of decent, middle-class U.S. citizens who burn themselves out in the race to pass the Blakesleys and creep up on the Burtons, is the central figure in the new novel:
1. Point of No Return -- John P. Marquand.
2. Gentleman's Progress -- Dr. Alexander Hamilton.
3. On This Side Nothing -- Alex Comfort.
4. From Day to Day -- Odd Nansen.
5. The Price Is Right-- Jerome Weidman.
74. Lucky Pup; Howdy Doody; Kukla, Fran and Ollie are all:
1. Characters in recent children's books.
2. Televised puppet shows.
3. Characters in a new children's opera by Britain's Benjamin Britten.
4. Characters in "Allen's Alley."
5. Western movies, which have led the year's moneymakers.
75. A shoestring documentary film, which audience enthusiasm boosted into national distribution, is the poignant Story of a young Negro boy:
1. Act of Violence. 4. The Accused.
2. The Quiet One. 5. Chicken Every Sunday. 3. Johnny Belinda. Sunday.
76. Playwright Arthur Miller's tragedy of an American who loses out by trying too hard to win is:
1. Death of a Salesman.
2. They Knew What They Wanted.
3. The Big Knife.
4. Two Blind Mice.
5. Forward the Heart.
77. Influenced by last season's success at denouncing antiSemitism, Hollywood tackled another difficult subject:
1. The cold war.
2. The menace of venereal diseases.
3. The Negro problem.
4. U.S. morals.
5. Tax evasion.
78. In Beau James, Gene Fowler tells the story of New York's lovable, gregarious ex-Mayor:
1. McKee. 4. Whalen.
2. LaGuardia. 5. Moses.
3. Walker.
79. The Oscar award to Hamlet as the best film of 1948 was notable because:
1. The film was made on a budget of only $250,000.
2. It was the first foreign movie so honored.
3. Two of the judges resigned in violent disagreement with the choice.
4. The film's producer refused to accept the award.
5. It was the fifth win for M-G-M in as many years.
80. The most ambition film yet made for television is based on:
1. Robert Sherwood's Roosevelt and Hopkins.
2. General Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe.
3. Winston Churchill's war speeches.
4. The development of atomic power.
5. South Pacific.
81. Clifton Webb resumes his supercilious career as an all-round genius in:
1. The Setup.
2. Devil in the Flesh.
3. Quartet.
4. The Barkleys of Broadway.
5. Mr. Belvedere Goes to College.
82. A few days after the 1948 Oscar awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences:
1. President Jean Hersholt announced that no further awards would be made until 1951.
2. Sam Goldwyn sought a court injunction to prevent future awards.
3. A disappointed actress committed suicide.
4. Major studios announced that they were withdrawing support from the Academy.
5. A competing Academy was organized by independent producers.
83. Champion, the movie based on Ring Lardner's story of a middleweight heel, brought sudden stardom to Actor:
2. Van Johnson.
2. Paul Stewart.
3. Arthur Kennedy.
4. Stephen McNally.
5. Kirk Douglas.
84. En route home after a successful U.S. tour was one of the world's finest collections of old masterpieces, which formerly hung in:
1. London's National Gallery.
2. Berlin's Kaiser Friedrich Museum.
3. London's Tate Gallery.
4. The Louvre, in Paris.
5. Vienna's Academy of Art.
Sport
85. In March, Joe Louis gave up the heavyweight title he defended 25 times, and:
1. Joined the Army.
2. Started on a worldwide tour.
3. Became a promoter.
4. Went into the beer business.
5. Announced that he would run for the Senate from Michigan.
86. It was Kentucky Derby winner No. 5 for Trainer Ben Jones, one more than any other trainer had ever saddled, when the 1949 race was won by:
1. Ponder. 4. Old Rockport.
2. Capot. 5. Halt.
3. Palestinian.
87. A $300,000 lawsuit instituted by Danny Gardella threatened to upset the established system governing:
1 . The fighter-manager relationship.
2. The amateur status of college football players.
3. Pensions granted aged professional athletes.
4. Payments for televising sports events.
5. Professional baseball players' contracts.
88. The only nation in which polo is still clearly on the upgrade is:
1. Mexico. 4. Argentina.
2. Russia. 5. Canada.
3. Australia.
Religion
89. A well-known author of whodunits who recently wrote Creed or Chaos, a collection of essays on contemporary Christianity, is:
1. Dorothy L. Sayers.
2. Erie Stanley Gardner.
3. Agatha Christie.
4. S. S. Van Dine.
5. Dashiell Hammett.
Press
90. In a Salonika trial attended by Major General William J. Donovan, former OSS head, Gregory Staktopoulos, journalist and onetime Communist, was convicted of complicity in the murder of:
1. A U.S. Embassy attache.
2. A CBS correspondent.
3. A member of the U.S. Secret Service.
4. An American general.
5. A member of the U.N. Commission investigating the Greek war.
91. Hard-digging Reporter Malcolm Johnson won a Pulitzer Prize for his carefully documented series of stories on:
1. Tammany Hall.
2. Profiteering by munitions makers in World War II.
3. Cancer research.
4. Communist influence in atomic research center.
5. Crime on the New York waterfront.
92. A new 10-c- morning tabloid appeared on the New York City news stands in May under the name:
1. PM. 4. Post.
2. Star. 5. Tide.
3. Compass.
Education
93. The New U.S. Commissioner of Education is:
1. Benjamin Wright.
2. Robert Hutchins.
3. Earl McGrath.
4. James B. Conant.
5. T. V. Smith.
94. The University of Washington made national headlines when it:
1. Went into bankruptcy.
2. Dropped a 50-year-old policy of excluding Negroes.
3. Withdrew from the American Association of Universities.
4. Fired three professors -- two for being Communists.
5. Opened a new center for training diplomats.
95. Harvard's new Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory is Yaleman:
1. Robert M. Hutchins.
2. Archibald MacLeish.
3. James R. Angell.
4. Charles Seymour.
5. William Benton.
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50 . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . 79 . . . . . . 94 . . . . .
51 . . . . . . . 65 . . . . . 80 . . . . 95 . . . . .
52 . . . . . . 66 . . . . . 81 . . . . PERSONALITIES
53 . . . . . . . 67 . . . . . 82 . . . . .
54 . . . . . . . 68 . . . . . . 83 . . . . . . 96 . . . . .
55 . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . . . 84 . . . . . 97 . . . . . .
56 . . . . . . 70 . . . . . . 85 . . . . . . 98 . . . . . . .
57 . . . . . . 71 . . . . . . . 86 . . . . 99 . . . . . .
58 . . . . . . 72 . . . . . 87 . . . . 100 . . . . . . .
59 . . . . . . 73 . . . . . 88 . . . . 101 . . . . . . .
60 . . . . . . 74 . . . . . 89 . . . . . 102 . . . . . .
61 . . . . 75 . . . . . 90 . . . . 103 . . . . . .
62 . . . . 76 . . . . . 91 . . . . 104 . . . . . .
63 . . . . 77 . . . . . 92 . . . . 105 . . . . . . OVER
ANSWER SHEET
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49 . . . . . EVENTS 78 . . . . . 93 . . . .
50 . . . . . 64 79 . . . . . 94 . . . .
51 . . . . . 65 . . . . 80 . . . . . 95 . . . .
52 . . . . . 66 . . . . 81 . . . . . PERSONALTIES
53 . . . . . 67 . . . . 82 . . . .
54 . . . . . 68 . . . . 83 . . . . . 96 . . . . .
55 . . . . . 69 . . . . 84 . . . . . 97 . . . . .
56 . . . . . 70 . . . . . 85 . . . . . .98 . . . . .
57 . . . . . 71 . . . . 86 . . . . . 99 . . . . .
58 . . . . . 72 . . . . . 87 . . . . . 100 . . . . .
59 . . . . . . 73 . . . . .88 . . . . . . 101 . . . . .
60 . . . . . 74 . . . . . 89 . . . . . . 102 . . . . .
61 . . . . . 75 . . . . . 90 . . . . . 103 . . . . .
62 . . . . . 76 . . . . . 91 . . . . . 104 . . . . .
63 . . . . . 77 . . . . . 92 . . . . . 105 . . . . .
OVER
PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS
Directions : Each of the ten personalities pictured here is identified by one of the phrases below. Write on the answer sheet opposite the number of each picture the number of the correct phrase.
1 . U.N.'s successful Arab-Jewish arbitrator who recently turned down an offer to be an Assistant Secretary of State.
2. National League manager cleared by baseball's Czar Chandler of striking a fan.
3. U.S. Ambassador-at-Large whose secret talks with Soviet officials led to an end of the Berlin blockade.
4. Composer-lyricist for the smash Broadway hit, Kiss Me, Kate.
5. Political analyst tried for conspiring to steal secret U.S. documents.
6. On the Congressional grill, charged by Iowa's Senator Bourke Hickenlooper with "incredible mismanagement."
7. Central figure in an international romance on a Mediterranean island.
8. Nation's No. 1 television star.
9. Red leader on trial with ten others for conspiring to teach and advocate the overthrow of the U.S. Government.
10. The suicide of this ex-Cabinet officer shocked the nation.
11. Visited the Pope despite some British Protestants' objections.
12. A U.S. movie star whose marriage was performed by a French Communist mayor.
13. Aging Red sympathizer ousted from Moscow as U.S. spy.
14. Rated by many critics the Western Hemisphere's greatest living painter.
15. A British judge refused a U.S. demand for extradition of this Communist leader who was a stowaway on a Polish ship.
KEY TO CORRECT ANSWERS
DON'T PEEK
Numerals Numerals printed in italics are correct answers to the 105 questions in this test. Check them them against your answers and mark your errors and omissions with an X. Subtract number number of: of Xs from 105 to arrive at your score. For example, if you missed 45 questions, your your score score would be 105 minus 45, or 60. This is well above college average. Do not look at at answer answers until you have finished your answer sheet.
U.S. 19 . . . . . 2 . . 35 . . . . . 1 . . 53 . . . . . 12 . . 68 . . . . . 2 . . 88 . . . . . 4 . .
AFFAIRS 20 . . . . . 5 . . 36 . . . . . 2 . . 54 . . . . . 5 . . 69 . . . . . 1 . . 89 . . . . . 1 . .
1 . . . . . 3 . . 21 . . . . . 2 . . 37 . . . . . 4 . . THE FAR 70 . . . . . 4 . . 90 . . . . . 2 . .
2 . . . . . 4 . . 22 . . . . . 2 . . 38 . . . . . 5 . . EAST 71 . . . . . 3 . . 91 . . . . . 5 . .
3 . . . . . 3 . . 23 . . . . . 2 . . 39 . . . . . 5 . . 55 . . . . . 5 . . 72 . . . . . 4 . . 92 . . . . . 3 . .
4 . . . . . 5. . 24 . . . . . 4 . . 40 . . . . . 4 . . 56 . . . . . 3 . . 73 . . . . . . 1 . . 93 . . . . . 3 . .
5 . . . . . 3 . . 25 . . . . . 5 . . 41 . . . . . 3 . . 57 . . . . . 5 . . 74 . . . . . 2 . . 94 . . . . . 4 . .
6 . . . . .1 . . INTER-42 . . . . . 4 . . 58 . . . . . 3 . . 75 . . . . . 2 . . 95 . . . . . 2 . . NATIONAL 7 . . . . . 1 AND 43 . . . . . 3 . . 59 . . . . . 3 . . 76 . . . . . 1 . . PERSON- ALTIES 8 . . . . . 3 FOREIGN 44 . . . . . 3 . . 60 . . . . . 4 . . 77 . . . . . 3
9 . . . . . 3 . . NEWS 78 . . . . . 3 . . 96 . . . . . 6 . .
10 . . . . . 4 . . 26 . . . . . 2 . . MAP 61 . . . . . 3 . . 79 . . . . . 2 . . 97 . . . . . 12 . .
11 . . . . .2 . . 27 . . . . . 2 45 . . . . . 19 . . 62 . . . . . 5 . . 80 . . . . . 2 . . 98 . . . . . 9 . .
12 . . . . . 2 . . 28 . . . . . 3 . . 46 . . . . . 9 . . 63 . . . . . 5 . . 81 . . . . . 5 . . 99 . . . . . 1 . .
13 . . . . . 5 . . 29 . . . . . 5 . . 47 . . . . . 7 . . OTHER 82 . . . . . 4 . . 100 . . . . . 7 . .
14 . . . . . 4 . . 30 . . . . . 2 . . 48 . . . . .14. . EVENTS 83 . . . . .5. . 101 . . . . .10 . .
15 . . . . . 1 . . 31 . . . . .4 . . 49 . . . . .10 . . 64 . . . . . 1 . . 84 . . . . . 2 . . 102 . . . . . 3 . .
16 . . . . . 4. . 32 . . . . .1 . . 50 . . . . .17 . . 65 . . . . . 4 . . 85 . . . . . 3 . . 103 . . . . . 5 . .
17 . . . . .3 . . 33 . . . . . 4 . . 51 . . . . .6 . . 66 . . . . . 5 . . 86 . . . . . 1. . 104 . . . . . 15 . .
18 . . . . . 3. . 34 . . . . .3 . . 52 . . . . .15 . . 67. . . . .4 . . 87 . . . . . 5 . . 105. . . . . 11 . .
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