Para Jumbles - Whittaker Chambers

CAT 1996 Slot 1 · VARC · Hard · VARC

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  1. Hiss was serving as Head of the Endowment on August 3, 1948, when Whittaker Chambers reluctantly appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee. A. Chambers, a portly rumpled man with a melodramatic style, had been a Communist courier but had broken with the party in 1938. B. When Nixon arranged a meeting of the two men in New York, Chambers repeated his charges and Hiss his denials. C. Summoned as a witness, Hiss denied that he had ever been a Communist or had known Chambers. D. He told the Committee that among the members of a secret Communist cell in Washington during the 1930s was Hiss.
  2. Then, bizarrely, Hiss asked Chambers to open his mouth.
  1. A.

    CBAD

  2. B.

    ADBC

  3. C.

    ADCB

  4. D.

    ACDB

Answer

C

Explanation

A tells us who Chambers was, D states why he had appeared before the Committee, C states Hiss' reaction to charges against him. B states that Nixon arranged a meeting between the two, and 6 continues with what happened at the meeting.

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