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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hellman viewed Nixon, McCarthy, and McCarran as _______.
(a) Cowards.
(b) Gods.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Opportunists.

3. What did Hellman believe caused people to join the Communist Party after the depression?
(a) Manipulation.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Fear.
(d) Social unrest.

4. After the war, what governmental entity wanted to keep up their power?
(a) CIA.
(b) The President.
(c) The Board of Education.
(d) FBI.

5. What was Hammett's prediction for the outcome of Hellman's testimony?
(a) Expulsion from California.
(b) A clean record.
(c) Longer jail time.
(d) An award.

6. The House Committee was the age of "guilt by _____."
(a) Judgement.
(b) Proof.
(c) Association
(d) Opinion.

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

8. What commonly happened to people found guilty?
(a) Relocation.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Loss of their job.
(d) High praise.

9. Why did Laughton contact Hoover about a wire he sent?
(a) He wanted to explain.
(b) He assumed it had been intercepted.
(c) He wanted to gossip.
(d) He was concerned for his safety.

10. Hellman was considered a ________, not a Communist.
(a) Radical.
(b) Republican.
(c) Traitor.
(d) Independent.

11. What do people often and inaccurately accredit to McCarthy?
(a) A major terrorist attack.
(b) The Watergate Scandal.
(c) The Blacklist.
(d) Truman's election.

12. Abe Fortas expressed that he wanted what to happen at a hearing?
(a) Someone to take a moral stand.
(b) Someone to assassinate McCarthy.
(c) Someone to reveal a secret.
(d) Someone to cause a scene.

13. According to Wills, America focused on fighting _____.
(a) Evil.
(b) Russia.
(c) Itself.
(d) Germany.

14. Truman created the House Committee on _______ Activities.
(a) Ineffective.
(b) Un-American.
(c) Foreign.
(d) Cautious.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What distressed Clifford Odets about Hellman's testimony?

2. In school and work, Hellman saw herself as an _____ thinker.

3. In Hellman's memory, what was McCarthy doing for most of the hearings?

4. How was the Blacklist used against people?

5. For Hellman to travel, what did she need?

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