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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did McCarthy plant the newspaper story?

2. Before Hellman moved, with whom did she have dinner?

3. What did Hellman believe about the liberal man?

4. With little money, what problem did Hammett and Hellman face?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After others testified, why was the Committee's interest in interrogating Hellman even more appealing?

2. What damage remained after Hellman's hearing?

3. How did Hellman deal with her money problems while in D.C.? Why did she act as she did?

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

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

6. Why did the Committee have to dismiss Hellman?

7. In Hellman's opinion, who did the greatest harm to America? How?

8. What was the House Committee's response to Hellman's letter? How would she proceed with her testimony?

9. Why was Rauh able to enter Hellman's letter into evidence?

10. Why did Hellman go to London?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Hellman's perception of the government leading up her hearing and the aftermath of her hearing. What changed or stayed the same? Why? Give examples from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why Hellman's political conviction grew. What caused this growth and why did she end up as she did? Provide quotes from "Scoundrel Time" to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Hellman often switches from an objective account to a personal blow to government officials. Many of these comments add humor to the text. Discuss how Hellman uses humorous and ridiculous recollection in her work. What does this display about her subconscious perspective? Hellman as a person? Hellman at the time of writing?

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