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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. How many abortions did Joan Barry undergo while preparing for a new role?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

3. How did Siegel die?
(a) Suicide by drug overdose.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Stab wound.

4. Which actress was branded as being difficult?
(a) Marlene Dietrich.
(b) Mae West.
(c) Marilyn Monroe.
(d) Katharine Hepburn.

5. At one time, how much money did Adolph Zukor have?
(a) $10 million.
(b) $2 million.
(c) $5 billion.
(d) $40 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title called in reference to Thelma Todd?

2. How old was Lupe when she killed herself?

3. With whom did Mary Astor have an affair?

4. What era is depicted in "Saturn Over Sunset"?

5. What did the court order Chaplin to do about Joan Barry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Hopper so critical of Charlie Chaplin?

2. What was the Astor-Thorpe scandal?

3. Why and how were many politicians against the movie industry?

4. Describe the "suicide syndrome" of the 1940s.

5. Describe Charlie Chaplin's relationship with Joan Barry.

6. Who was Bugsy Siegel?

7. What transitions did the Jazz Age include?

8. How did the religious right react to the film industry, specifically the way different stars behaved?

9. Why was the introduction of talkies significant?

10. Who was Lupe Velez?

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