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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 95 through 130.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the Committee respond to Hellman's letter?
(a) They never responded.
(b) They gave her a rain check.
(c) They accepted.
(d) They refused.

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

3. During the McCarthy hearings, who were most of the studio heads?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) Women.
(c) Communists.
(d) Anti-radicals.

4. Why did Stanley Isaacs lose an assistant?
(a) Someone offered him more money.
(b) Issacs was broke.
(c) He was a Communist.
(d) He fled the country.

5. The Committee's neglect of Hellman's letter was a ______.
(a) Smart decision.
(b) Mistake.
(c) Horror.
(d) Ploy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Hellman in a good position for her testimony?

3. Why was Gary Cooper unsure if he'd read a script with Communist propaganda?

4. The first day Hellman shops in D.C., what was she afraid of?

5. When did America first see Russia as a threat?

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