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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Hellman begin writing in earnest?
(a) When she finished school.
(b) When she got tired of relying on Hammett.
(c) When she began to travel.
(d) When she divorced.

2. During the McCarthy hearings, who were most of the studio heads?
(a) Women.
(b) Anti-radicals.
(c) Foreigners.
(d) Communists.

3. Rauh found articles with Communist sources ______ Hellman's work.
(a) Citing.
(b) Plagiarizing.
(c) Praising.
(d) Criticizing.

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

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

6. What happened at Odets' testimony?
(a) He lied.
(b) He betrayed his friends.
(c) He spoke out againt McCarthy.
(d) He invoked the Fifth Amendment.

7. How did Gary Cooper's testimony mock McCarthy?
(a) He used poor grammar.
(b) He used profanity.
(c) He mimicked his voice.
(d) It was nonsensical.

8. How did Hollywoodites maintain their innocence?
(a) By running away.
(b) Fake support.
(c) By accusing innocent people.
(d) Pleading the Fifth Amendment.

9. What was fortunate about Hellman's first marriage?
(a) He supported her writing.
(b) He was never home.
(c) He had a job.
(d) He was loving.

10. Hammett compared his time in jail to ______.
(a) Boarding school.
(b) A resort.
(c) Hell.
(d) Home.

11. Before Hellman's politics developed, what did she miss?
(a) The first round of Hollywood investigations.
(b) The development of the Communist Party.
(c) A Communist uprising.
(d) A cultural revolution.

12. How did the government react to the phrase "premature anti-fascist"?
(a) They were unsure how to respond.
(b) They got angry.
(c) They assassinated the person who sent it.
(d) They subpeonad more people.

13. Why didn't Hellman use the articles Rauh found?
(a) They weren't strong enough.
(b) They would hurt her chances.
(c) The Committee wouldn't allow it.
(d) She would reduce herself.

14. Because of Hellman's money problem, she was afraid she would have to sell her ______.
(a) Mother's jewelry.
(b) Farm.
(c) House.
(d) Clothes.

15. Wills sees the Cold War offensive as an ______ to the threat of the enemy.
(a) Insufficient.
(b) Unequal.
(c) Mimicking.
(d) Accurate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Hellman return to America?

3. When Hellman attended Party meetings, how involved was she?

4. Why was Hammett sent to jail after testifying?

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

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