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

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

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

4. Before Hellman moved, with whom did she have dinner?
(a) Henry Wallace.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her friends.
(d) Hammett.

5. Who paged Hellman on her way to London?
(a) Hammett.
(b) A Contessa.
(c) McCarthy.
(d) The filmmaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hellman says the people who knew Chambers thought he was ______.

2. During the McCarthy era, why were Americans angry at foreign countries?

3. What magazine published the article about Whittaker Chambers?

4. What did Blitzstein want Hellman to do at the "Regina" premier?

5. Hellman found out a "______ American man" had followed her.

Short Essay Questions

1. How would it have been difficult for Hellman to learn about the new subpoena? How did she?

2. Why did Hellman go to London?

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

4. What was Hellman's fear about narrating "Regina"? Did her fear come true? What did this make Hellman realize?

5. What did Rauh think would be the majority of the questions at Hellman's hearing? Why would the accusations implied in them be easy to disprove?

6. How did people know Hellman was at the London airport?

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

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

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

10. How was Martin Berkeley relevant in Hellman's hearing?

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