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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 83 through 94.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was fortunate about Hellman's first marriage?
(a) He was never home.
(b) He supported her writing.
(c) He was loving.
(d) He had a job.

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

4. Before Hellman's politics developed, what did she miss?
(a) The development of the Communist Party.
(b) A Communist uprising.
(c) The first round of Hollywood investigations.
(d) A cultural revolution.

5. What wire did Laughton receive?
(a) A subpoena.
(b) A message in code.
(c) A notification of a friend's death.
(d) A foreign threat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hellman wanted to testify about herself, but not ______.

2. What magazine published the article about Whittaker Chambers?

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

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

5. Where did Hellman begin writing "Scoundrel Time"?

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