View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The government convinced people that progressive men were _______.
(a) Communists.
(b) Friends.
(c) Immoral.
(d) Spies.

3. Where did Hellman begin writing "Scoundrel Time"?
(a) Martha's Vineyard.
(b) Rome.
(c) London.
(d) Hollywood.

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

5. How did Hammett think people would feel about Hellman's high morals?
(a) Impressed.
(b) Afraid.
(c) Confused.
(d) Unimpressed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Hammett's prediction for the outcome of Hellman's testimony?

3. What did Hellman tell Shipley about the friendly witnesses?

4. When did Hellman return to America?

5. What was the last straw for America to acknowledge the "Red threat"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 223 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample