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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 the name of the studio where Olive Thomas was a star?
(a) Selznick Pictures.
(b) Skipgrove Pictures.
(c) Skurnick Pictures.
(d) Seltzner Pictures.

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

3. Who was dubbed "King of Paramount"?
(a) Fatty Arbuckle.
(b) DW Griffith.
(c) Wallace Reid.
(d) Will Hays.

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

5. In what year did Lillita and Chaplin meet?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1910.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Fatty Arbuckle's real first name?

2. Who was known as "The Great Lover"?

3. Who might best be described as not looking for trouble, but trouble finding him?

4. Who raped Virginia Rappe?

5. "The Purple Dawn" begins with the creation of the set for which feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Griffith's "Babylon" break Hollywood standards?

2. What was considered the first big scandal in Hollywood?

3. What type of movie style did drug use influence? What movie made this style famous?

4. What scandal surrounded Clara Bow?

5. Describe defiance against Hays.

6. Describe the film industry during Griffith's time.

7. Describe Stroheim's defiance directed toward Hays.

8. Was it possible to clean up Hollywood? Why or why not?

9. Who were Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons?

10. How did Ince get shot?

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