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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following describes Lupe's condition when she died?
(a) Broke.
(b) Imprisoned.
(c) Schizophrenic.
(d) Pregnant.

2. Which of the following describes Bugsy Siegel?
(a) Game show host.
(b) Gangster.
(c) Born-millionaire.
(d) Cowboy.

3. What did Flynn claim his involvement was in his case?
(a) He knew the accusers but only briefly.
(b) He had been drugged and couldn't remember if he had done it or not.
(c) He did rape the girls but had paid them to cover it up.
(d) He didn't know anything about it.

4. When did Lupe Velez become a part of the film industry?
(a) Late 1910s.
(b) Early 1920s.
(c) Early 1930s.
(d) Late 1920s

5. Besides Los Angeles and Chicago, to what other city was Bugsy Siegel connected?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Miami.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Detroit.

6. What was Chaplin accused of?
(a) Raping Barry.
(b) Firing Barry after he sexually harassed her.
(c) Shooting Barry.
(d) Fathering Barry's child.

7. Who kept a tell-all journal for herself?
(a) Mae West.
(b) Mary Pickford.
(c) Mary Astor.
(d) Katharine Hepburn.

8. What drugs did Siegel push?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Prescription medicine.
(d) Marijuana.

9. To get revenge, to whom did Chaplin give all the information about his wedding?
(a) Hedda Hopper.
(b) Errol Flynn.
(c) Lolly Parsons.
(d) Joan Barry.

10. What did Barry threaten Chaplin with?
(a) A court case.
(b) A gun.
(c) Pictures.
(d) A knife.

11. What type of actors were labeled "Box Office Poison"?
(a) Pious and righteous.
(b) Fake and gimmicky.
(c) Moral and delusional.
(d) Difficult and obscene.

12. What does "Red Tide" refer to?
(a) Drug use.
(b) Sexual abuse.
(c) Communism.
(d) Suicide.

13. Which male was branded as being difficult?
(a) Charlie Chaplin.
(b) William Hearst.
(c) Franklyn Thorpe.
(d) Fred Astaire.

14. According to conjecture, who killed Thelma Todd?
(a) Leilando.
(b) Luciano.
(c) Lurkado.
(d) Lucifer.

15. In what year did Joan Barry hit Hollywood?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1937.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was most known for unbridled sex appeal?

2. When did Weismuller and Velez's wedding end?

3. At one time, how much money did Adolph Zukor have?

4. Describe Joan Barry's acting work as described in the reading.

5. Why was Flynn's case dismissed?

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