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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened in the meeting where the government demanded money from Hellman?
(a) They threatened Hammett.
(b) They took her passport.
(c) She doesn't remember.
(d) They interrogated her for hours.

2. Hellman remembers when Nixon held the proof against Hiss up to ______.
(a) Hellman's face.
(b) The sky.
(c) Hiss himself.
(d) The TV camera.

3. How does Rauh feel before Hellman's hearing?
(a) Sad.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Angry.
(d) Optimistic.

4. Who was the anti-radical hero?
(a) Truman.
(b) London.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Hellman.

5. What did Hellman believe about the liberal man?
(a) They didn't believe what they said.
(b) They were a tool of McCarthy's.
(c) They were extremists.
(d) They were not all good or bad.

6. Hellman says the people who knew Chambers thought he was ______.
(a) Stupid.
(b) Evil.
(c) Psychotic.
(d) Godlike.

7. Of what did Nixon's election convince Hellman?
(a) America wanted to sabotage itself.
(b) America had forgotten about McCarthy.
(c) Nixon's power.
(d) There was no good in the world.

8. What did others say about Hellman in their testimony?
(a) She was a Communist.
(b) She was an illegal immigrant.
(c) She supported McCarthy.
(d) She wasn't involved.

9. The government wants to question Hellman to find out what?
(a) Who she worked for.
(b) How she dodged them for so long.
(c) How she was brainwashed.
(d) How writers control minds.

10. What disappointed Hellman about Americans during the McCarthy hearings?
(a) How many people betrayed her.
(b) How many people allowed themselves to go to jail.
(c) How few spoke out.
(d) How many lied.

11. In some protest articles, writers defined McCarthy's justice as what?
(a) Without rhyme or reason.
(b) Whoever was wealthy.
(c) Whoever agreed with them.
(d) Whoever followed the Church.

12. Where did Hellman begin writing "Scoundrel Time"?
(a) London.
(b) Martha's Vineyard.
(c) Rome.
(d) Hollywood.

13. What did Martin Berkeley say about Hellman in his testimony?
(a) She had a lot of secrets.
(b) She wasn't involved with Communists.
(c) She attended Communist party meetings.
(d) She was a CIA spy.

14. What did Rauh tell Hellman not to worry about for her hearing?
(a) Looking nice.
(b) Being treated badly.
(c) Memorizing her answers.
(d) Going to jail.

15. Hammett filled his and Hellman's new house with books and ________.
(a) Junk.
(b) Files.
(c) Inventions.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hellman find out who was following her?

2. With whom did Hellman have a brief affair?

3. Hellman told the committee she could either testify her way or she'd what?

4. How much did Hellman give her cab driver?

5. Why was Hellman in Rome?

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