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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the IRS do to Hammett's money?
(a) Left it alone.
(b) Borrowed it.
(c) Took it.
(d) Froze it.

2. What promise did Odets make to Hellman?
(a) He would take care of her farm.
(b) He would post her bail.
(c) He would support her.
(d) He would find her family.

3. Why did Hellman go to Germany?
(a) To meet a celebrity.
(b) To help clean up.
(c) To find her family.
(d) To go to college.

4. With the House, how were people's loyalties originally tested?
(a) Mind games.
(b) Litmus test.
(c) Drawn out interrogation.
(d) Physical abuse.

5. What do people often and inaccurately accredit to McCarthy?
(a) The Blacklist.
(b) The Watergate Scandal.
(c) A major terrorist attack.
(d) Truman's election.

6. What was Hellman's "sin" after gaining literary success?
(a) Drinking too much.
(b) Plagiarizing.
(c) Being lazy.
(d) Being egotistical.

7. What did Hellman believe was a common right among men and the reason she accepted the Communist Party?
(a) The right to vote.
(b) The right to overthrow a government.
(c) The right to one's own feelings.
(d) The right to bear arms.

8. Why was Gary Cooper unsure if he'd read a script with Communist propaganda?
(a) He didn't pay attention.
(b) He usually reads at night.
(c) He didn't read scripts.
(d) He didn't understand Communism.

9. By the early 1940's, what was Hellman's party affiliation?
(a) She was forming her own.
(b) She had none.
(c) She was a Republican.
(d) She supported Truman.

10. What was fortunate about Hellman's first marriage?
(a) He was never home.
(b) He was loving.
(c) He had a job.
(d) He supported her writing.

11. The House Committee was originally intended to test the loyalty of ______.
(a) Federal workers.
(b) United States citizens.
(c) Writers.
(d) Soldiers.

12. Why didn't Hellman sign the letter Harry Cohn required her to?
(a) She couldn't understand it.
(b) It was ridiculous.
(c) It was a trap.
(d) Rauh advised her not to.

13. When did Hellman begin writing in earnest?
(a) When she finished school.
(b) When she got tired of relying on Hammett.
(c) When she divorced.
(d) When she began to travel.

14. After the war, what governmental entity wanted to keep up their power?
(a) CIA.
(b) The President.
(c) The Board of Education.
(d) FBI.

15. What made Hellman a target for suspicion by the Committee?
(a) Her parent's politics.
(b) She supported Wallace.
(c) Her general attitude towards police.
(d) Her suspicious trips abroad.

Short Answer Questions

1. The American government equated Communism with _______.

2. After some time, Hellman began to feel ________ about testifying.

3. Wills explains that the government had an urge to bring ______ propaganda in peace.

4. The House Committee was the age of "guilt by _____."

5. Why didn't Hellman use the articles Rauh found?

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