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

2. With the House, how were people's loyalties originally tested?
(a) Drawn out interrogation.
(b) Physical abuse.
(c) Litmus test.
(d) Mind games.

3. What did Hellman tell Shipley about the friendly witnesses?
(a) They are traitors.
(b) They lied to keep their jobs.
(c) They were spies for McCarthy all along.
(d) They're really good people.

4. In demonizing people, the government was looking to justify ______.
(a) Torture.
(b) Jokes.
(c) War.
(d) Racism.

5. How did the audience receive Hellman at the "Regina" premier?
(a) They booed her offstage.
(b) They listened intently.
(c) They walked out.
(d) They gave her a standing ovation.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of World War II, who was the enemy?

2. Until Hammett got arrested, Hellman didn't realize the dangers of:

3. Marc Blitzstein wrote "Regina," based on Hellman's play ________.

4. Before Hellman's politics developed, what did she miss?

5. Hellman was considered a ________, not a Communist.

(see the answer key)

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