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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. The letter was proof of what?
(a) Hellman was on McCarthy's side.
(b) Hellman was willing to cooperate.
(c) Hellman was a Communist.
(d) Hellman was mentally unstable.

2. What did people believe The House Committee violated?
(a) The Declaration of Independence.
(b) Civil rights
(c) The First Amendment.
(d) Zoning codes.

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

4. In Hellman's memory, what was McCarthy doing for most of the hearings?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Yelling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Blitzstein want Hellman to do at the "Regina" premier?

2. What promise did Odets make to Hellman?

3. Hellman explains the government saw intellectuals as ______.

4. Hammett compared his time in jail to ______.

5. Wills explains that the tactics of the Committee created an environment of _______ in America.

(see the answer key)

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