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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 131 through 155.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hammett not have in his last year of life?
(a) Warm clothes.
(b) Money worries.
(c) Enough food.
(d) Medicine.

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

3. The last summer of Hammett's life, he and Hellman rent a house in ______.
(a) Martha's Vineyard.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) The Hamptons.
(d) Trinidad.

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

5. What did Norman Cousins say at the World Peace Conference?
(a) The government didn't have time for them.
(b) They needed to recruit more supporters.
(c) He admired their conviction.
(d) How wrong everyone was.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helped Truman get re-elected in 1948?

2. Where did Whittaker Chambers hide the "state secrets"?

3. What did Hellman admire about the radicals?

4. After Hellman sent her letter, what did she do?

5. When Hammett and Hellman's money was running out, what did Hellman dream about?

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