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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. After Hammett's release from jail, where did all their earnings go?
(a) Into Hammett's wallet.
(b) Into expensive vacations.
(c) The government took it.
(d) Into Hellman's drinking habit.

2. Why did Hellman go to Rauh's office before her hearing?
(a) To go over her answers.
(b) To tell him her new plan.
(c) To pay him.
(d) So they could arrive together.

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

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

5. The first day Hellman shops in D.C., what was she afraid of?
(a) Being noticed.
(b) Buying the wrong outfit.
(c) Spending money.
(d) Being killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the McCarthy era, why were Americans angry at foreign countries?

2. How did the audience receive Hellman at the "Regina" premier?

3. From who does Hellman receive a generous inheritance?

4. How did Hellman revise her plan for her testimony?

5. What would Hellman refuse to do at her hearing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Was Hammett happy at the end of his life? Why or why not?

2. What was unfair about asking foreign governments to assist America in their crisis?

3. How did Hellman deal with her money problems while in D.C.? Why did she act as she did?

4. How did people know Hellman was at the London airport?

5. How did some radicals define McCarthyism justice?

6. Why did the government need to convince the public that the progressive man was immoral?

7. Why was Rauh able to enter Hellman's letter into evidence?

8. Was Hellman's plan to abstain from incriminating others impossible?

9. What damage remained after Hellman's hearing?

10. What affect were Hellman's financial troubles continuing to have while Hammett was in jail?

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