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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 did Arbuckle's first law-breaking incident involve?
(a) Indecency.
(b) Selling drugs.
(c) Buying drugs.
(d) Drunk driving.

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

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

4. Whom was the party held for that was given by Hearst and attended by Chaplin?
(a) Hearst.
(b) Ince.
(c) Davies.
(d) Chaplin.

5. What was the name of the man who tried to sabotage Chaplin's first marriage?
(a) Luke Manson.
(b) Larry Mortin.
(c) Louis Mayer.
(d) Lance Maximus.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Arbuckle die?

2. In what year did Arbuckle and Rappe meet?

3. How old was Barbara La Marr when she died?

4. Who was Mary Mills' mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What convinced some that it was necessary to clean up Hollywood?

2. Describe Charlie Chaplin's relationship with Lillita McMurray.

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

4. Was scandal more prominent in the Golden Age of Hollywood or in modern Hollywood? Why do you think so?

5. Why and how was Charlie Chaplin almost ruined?

6. Who was Peggy Hopkins Joyce?

7. What was the" Doom Book"?

8. How did Arbuckle get his start in movie roles?

9. What scandal surrounded Clara Bow?

10. Describe blackmail as a theme.

(see the answer keys)

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