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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Fatty Arbuckle's real first name?
(a) Gordon.
(b) Gregory.
(c) Roscoe.
(d) Dayton.

2. How old was Lita when she announced her pregnancy?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

3. Before 1913, for whom was Arbuckle an assistant?
(a) Chimney sweeper.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Writer.
(d) Plumber.

4. Who was Chaplin's first wife?
(a) Mercy Horace.
(b) Mary Hanson.
(c) Melanie Hopkins.
(d) Mildred Harris.

5. Clara Bow had a problem with _____________.
(a) Indigestion.
(b) Depression.
(c) Nerves.
(d) Anorexia.

6. What was Hays' biggest contribution to Hollywood?
(a) Gloom Book.
(b) Bad Book.
(c) Dark Book.
(d) Doom Book.

7. Who was known for over the top film that directly violated Hays purity rules?
(a) Valentino.
(b) Hearst.
(c) Stroheim.
(d) Chaplin.

8. How old was Olive Thomas when she killed herself?
(a) 24.
(b) 20.
(c) 28.
(d) 18.

9. Who found William Desmond Taylor's body?
(a) His boss.
(b) Mary Mills.
(c) His servant.
(d) Fatty Arbuckle.

10. In what year did Arbuckle and Rappe meet?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1915.

11. Who was devoted to showing film as art?
(a) Valentino.
(b) Chaplin.
(c) Griffith.
(d) Hearst.

12. Who was dubbed the "Hottest Jazz Baby in Films"?
(a) Peggy Hopkins.
(b) Lita Grey.
(c) Clara Bow.
(d) Marion Davies.

13. Who was often conversing with "nymphets"?
(a) Griffith.
(b) Chaplin.
(c) Ince.
(d) Valentino.

14. Players-Lasky was a subsidiary of______________.
(a) Paramount.
(b) Sony.
(c) Universal.
(d) Warner Bros.

15. What was Charlie Chaplin's middle name?
(a) Samuel.
(b) Spencer.
(c) Starton.
(d) Sutton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were the elephants ordered for the extravagant scene by Griffith?

2. Who did Hearst shoot in the head?

3. What was the official cause of death for Ince?

4. Which of the following describes both of Valentino's wives?

5. What nickname was used in reference to Hays?

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