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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A the first teen idol to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show.
B the first rock singer to sell more records than Frank Sinatra.
C a southern performer who achieved national popularity.
D a white performer singing and dancing to “black” rhythms.
Question #2
A found that the overwhelming majority of Americans waited till after marriage to have sex.
B showed that women tended to be much less interested in sex than men were.
C demonstrated that Americans’ sexual practices were more diverse than previously assumed.
D supported widely held assumptions about the sexual behavior of most Americans.
Question #3
A entertainment.
B help raising their children.
C a sense of community.
D a path to salvation.
Question #4
A racial integration was necessary to achieve true democracy in America.
B the movement for racial equality should be a movement of African Americans alone.
C equitable distribution of economic resources was more important than integration.
D desegregation of public spaces, whether schools or lunch counters, was the main goal.
Question #5
A black teachers were paid the same amount as their white counterparts.
B black students had access to the same educational resources as whites.
C funding for schools attended by only white students would decrease.
D white and black students went to the same integrated schools.
Question #6
A women working outside the home.
B the lengthy separations imposed by the war.
C economic uncertainty and food shortages.
D the rise of juvenile delinquency.
Question #7
A moral absolutes and happy endings.
B appealing primarily to children.
C realistic depictions of family life.
D fair depictions of African Americans.
Question #8
A proposed solutions to the arms race with the Soviet Union.
B ability to connect religious practice to secular fulfillment.
C advocacy for adding “under God” to the pledge of allegiance.
D passionate anti-Soviet and anti-Communist viewpoints.
Question #9
A electoral politics.
B economic pressure.
C violence and terror.
D Christian rhetoric.
Question #10
A support of Martin Luther King Jr.
B Roman Catholicism.
C physical attractiveness.
D record as a senator.
Question #11
A maintaining America’s image as a bastion of freedom and equality.
B preventing black citizens from becoming Communists or sympathizers.
C alienating southern Democrats who were white supremacists.
D keeping Henry Wallace from running against Truman in 1948.
Question #12
A continued Truman’s containment policy.
B accepted and built upon the New Deal.
C paid attention to the Middle East.
D tried to control defense spending.
Question #13
A communism.
B integration.
C welfare.
D taxation.
Question #14
A increase the market for private homes.
B keep women from seeking paid labor.
C forestall another economic depression.
D contain the spread of communism.
Question #15
A suburban growth.
B housing segregation.
C home ownership.
D long-term mortgages.
Question #16
A the achievement of financial success.
B toughness and street smarts.
C the fulfillment of nuclear family life.
D rebelliousness and nonconformity.
Question #17
A anti-Communist fervor.
B opposition to civil rights.
C anti-union policies.
D aggressive foreign policy.
Question #18
A hypocrisy and complacency.
B women’s morals and sexuality.
C mental health institutions.
D wealth and consumerism.
