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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. What did people believe The House Committee violated?
(a) The First Amendment.
(b) The Declaration of Independence.
(c) Civil rights
(d) Zoning codes.

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

3. What is Dashiell Hammett's job?
(a) He was an actor.
(b) He was unemployed
(c) Writer.
(d) Lawyer.

4. What did Hellman believe caused people to join the Communist Party after the depression?
(a) Social unrest.
(b) Fear.
(c) Boredom.
(d) Manipulation.

5. How did Hellman feel after Roosevelt's election?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Resentful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hellman explains that, when it comes to a bad experience, what kind of person is she?

2. What did Norman Cousins say at the World Peace Conference?

3. After Hellman learned some German, what did she realize about her peers?

4. How was the Blacklist used against people?

5. What was Hellman's "sin" after gaining literary success?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How were the liberal Democrats convinced to support the House Committee and Blacklist?

4. Was Clifford Odets a hypocrite? How?

5. What were Hellman's opinions of how McCarthy and Nixon saw their own preaching?

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

7. What did Rauh find that could help Hellman's case? Why did she refuse to use this help?

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

9. Was Hellman a Communist? Why did the government scrutinize her?

10. Wills explains that the Cold War, like World War II, was not about fighting men or countries. What were these wars about fighting? Why was this a more formidable enemy?

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