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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Abe Fortas expressed that he wanted what to happen at a hearing?
(a) Someone to reveal a secret.
(b) Someone to assassinate McCarthy.
(c) Someone to cause a scene.
(d) Someone to take a moral stand.

3. When Hellman got subpoenaed, she felt _______ at first.
(a) Scared.
(b) Annoyed.
(c) Unaffected.
(d) Happy.

4. Hellman's first published play was:
(a) The Little Foxes.
(b) Toys in the Attic.
(c) The Autumn Garden.
(d) The Children's Hour.

5. After Hellman learned some German, what did she realize about her peers?
(a) They thought they won the war.
(b) There were a lot of anti-Semitic conversations.
(c) They all hated her.
(d) They were all trying to come to America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hellman viewed Nixon, McCarthy, and McCarran as _______.

2. How did Hellman feel after Roosevelt's election?

3. Hellman found it ________ to write about her experiences during the McCarthy hearings.

4. What does Wills describe as the resolution for the Great Depression?

5. What was fortunate about Hellman's first marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. If Hellman hadn't learned German, would she not have left Germany so quickly?

2. What was Hellman's response to the subpoena? Why did she react this way?

3. How did America's post-World War II attitude fuel the start of the Cold War?

4. Who created the Blacklist and House Committee and what was its purpose?

5. Why did Hammett end up going to jail?

6. What was Hellman's stance on the Communist Party? Why?

7. Why didn't Hellman take the McCarthy hearing seriously?

8. What does Hellman attribute the beginning of McCarthyism to?

9. How was Truman able to get reelected in 1948?

10. How was Gary Cooper taunting the government during his hearing?

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