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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hellman have to do for money after her hearing?
(a) Work three jobs.
(b) Sell her work.
(c) Sell her farm.
(d) Work for McCarthy.

2. After Hammett's release from jail, where did all their earnings go?
(a) Into expensive vacations.
(b) Into Hellman's drinking habit.
(c) The government took it.
(d) Into Hammett's wallet.

3. What did Hellman believe about the liberal man?
(a) They were extremists.
(b) They were a tool of McCarthy's.
(c) They were not all good or bad.
(d) They didn't believe what they said.

4. What did the Committee member warn Rauh about Hellman's letter?
(a) She needed to use it in her trial.
(b) She needed to deny it was her letter.
(c) She needed to keep it a secret.
(d) She needed to back off.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Committee respond to Hellman's letter?

2. Why did Hellman go to Rauh's office before her hearing?

3. In demonizing people, the government was looking to justify ______.

4. What did others say about Hellman in their testimony?

5. Hellman told the committee she could either testify her way or she'd what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hellman feel America forgot about McCarthy?

2. What new information was revealed in the New York Review of Books, proving government corruption? How did the government respond?

3. What was curious about the events around Hellman learning about her subpoena?

4. What was unfair about asking foreign governments to assist America in their crisis?

5. What damage remained after Hellman's hearing?

6. Why could the proof against Alger Hiss be easily discredited?

7. Was Hammett happy at the end of his life? Why or why not?

8. Why did Hellman have to stop writing when returning from Rome?

9. Why did the Committee have to dismiss Hellman?

10. Was Hellman and Hammett's relationship perfect after Hammett's release? What was their relationship like?

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