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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Hellman find out she'd been subpoenaed a second time?
(a) In the paper.
(b) Hammett called her.
(c) She knew instinctively.
(d) She was arrested in Rome.

2. How did the Committee respond to Hellman's letter?
(a) They never responded.
(b) They accepted.
(c) They gave her a rain check.
(d) They refused.

3. What happened to Hellman's reputation after her hearing?
(a) She becomes more popular.
(b) It gets permanently tainted.
(c) People forget about her.
(d) She is labeled as untalented.

4. How much did Hellman give her cab driver?
(a) $50.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $100.
(d) $10.

5. Where did Hellman stay while in Russia?
(a) The U.S. embassy.
(b) The Communist party headquarters.
(c) A hotel.
(d) An old friend's house.

6. What magazine published the article about Whittaker Chambers?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) National Geographic.
(d) New York Review of Books.

7. With whom did Hellman have a brief affair?
(a) Rauh.
(b) An old flame.
(c) Her first husband.
(d) Odets.

8. The panel couldn't treat Hellman _______.
(a) As uncooperative.
(b) Unfairly.
(c) Like an idiot.
(d) Well.

9. When was Hellman's testimony scheduled?
(a) March, 1953.
(b) July, 1950.
(c) August, 1948.
(d) May, 1952.

10. Who was the anti-radical hero?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Truman.
(c) London.
(d) Hellman.

11. What would Hellman do at her hearing?
(a) Plead the Fifth.
(b) Answer questions about herself.
(c) Insult the Committee.
(d) Lie.

12. What was strange about the page?
(a) She never got invited anywhere.
(b) It sounded suspicious.
(c) The Contessa died.
(d) No one knew Hellman was in London.

13. Hellman wanted to testify about herself, but not ______.
(a) Her childhood.
(b) Her writing.
(c) Others.
(d) The weather.

14. Why was Hellman in Rome?
(a) To write.
(b) To investigate a crime.
(c) To consult on a film.
(d) To relax.

15. If Hellman didn't heed the Committee's threats, what would happen to her?
(a) She'd go to jail.
(b) She would be shunned.
(c) She'd lose her job.
(d) She'd be fined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martin Berkeley say about Hellman in his testimony?

2. What did Hellman believe about the liberal man?

3. At the end of "Scoundrel Time," Hellman writes she still feels _____ by these events.

4. After Hammett got released from jail, Hellman has several ______ operations.

5. Hellman believed _______ caused the most damage to America.

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