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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Hellman give her cab driver?
(a) $100.
(b) $10.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $50.

2. What magazine published the article about Whittaker Chambers?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) New York Review of Books.

3. Before her hearing, Hellman decided not to feel ______.
(a) Scared.
(b) Egotistical.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Happy.

4. After returning to America, where did Hellman have to work to earn money?
(a) A publisher.
(b) A department store.
(c) The Communist Party office.
(d) A factory.

5. If Hellman didn't heed the Committee's threats, what would happen to her?
(a) She would be shunned.
(b) She'd lose her job.
(c) She'd be fined.
(d) She'd go to jail.

6. What happened to Hellman's money from the revival of "The Children's Attic"?
(a) She didn't make any money.
(b) Hammett stole it.
(c) She went shopping with it.
(d) The IRS took it.

7. What was the result of Hellman's hearing?
(a) She was sent to jail.
(b) She was awarded.
(c) She was dismissed.
(d) She was fined.

8. Before Hellman moved, with whom did she have dinner?
(a) Her family.
(b) Hammett.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Henry Wallace.

9. How did Hellman revise her plan for her testimony?
(a) She would speak honestly about everyone.
(b) She would invoke the Fifth Amendment.
(c) She would run away.
(d) She would lie about everything.

10. Hellman wrote a letter to the _______ of the House Committee, about her testimony?
(a) Chairman.
(b) President.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) Secretary.

11. With little money, what problem did Hammett and Hellman face?
(a) Hammett's sentence was extended.
(b) Hammett became ill.
(c) The IRS took more money.
(d) Hellman wanted to move.

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

13. Hellman's letter was considered part of ______.
(a) Her record.
(b) History.
(c) Communist propoganda.
(d) Hellman's dillusions.

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

15. Hellman believed _______ caused the most damage to America.
(a) Communism.
(b) McCarthy.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Great Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. The panel couldn't treat Hellman _______.

2. What did Rauh tell Hellman not to worry about for her hearing?

3. Who paged Hellman on her way to London?

4. Why did Hellman go to Rauh's office before her hearing?

5. What did Hammett not have in his last year of life?

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