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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Hellman's money from the revival of "The Children's Attic"?
(a) The IRS took it.
(b) She didn't make any money.
(c) Hammett stole it.
(d) She went shopping with it.

2. If Hellman answered questions honestly about herself, what could she not do?
(a) Discuss others.
(b) Appeal her case.
(c) Leave the country again.
(d) Plead the fifth later.

3. Hellman explains the government saw intellectuals as ______.
(a) Supernatural.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Enemies.
(d) Friends.

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

5. Why was London the place to extend Hellman's visa?
(a) They spoke English.
(b) The embassy was nicer.
(c) They didn't listen to America.
(d) They were efficient.

6. What was the result of Hellman's hearing?
(a) She was fined.
(b) She was sent to jail.
(c) She was dismissed.
(d) She was awarded.

7. What happened in the meeting where the government demanded money from Hellman?
(a) They threatened Hammett.
(b) They interrogated her for hours.
(c) She doesn't remember.
(d) They took her passport.

8. The government wants to question Hellman to find out what?
(a) How she was brainwashed.
(b) Who she worked for.
(c) How she dodged them for so long.
(d) How writers control minds.

9. What did Hellman testify about Bradeley?
(a) She didn't know him.
(b) He was being honest.
(c) He was a spy.
(d) He was a Communist.

10. What did Rauh do with Hellman's letter during the hearing?
(a) Threw it out.
(b) Revised it.
(c) Presented it as evidence.
(d) Referred to it.

11. Before her hearing, Hellman decided not to feel ______.
(a) Scared.
(b) Happy.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Egotistical.

12. Hellman says the people who knew Chambers thought he was ______.
(a) Psychotic.
(b) Godlike.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Evil.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After her hearing, what play gained Hellman more success?

2. Why was Hellman in Russia?

3. The letter was proof of what?

4. How does Rauh feel before Hellman's hearing?

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

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