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

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

3. Who thought Mae West was obscene?
(a) Mary Payton.
(b) Mary Pigton.
(c) Mary Pitton.
(d) Mary Pickford.

4. For whom was Lucky Luciano a bootlegger?
(a) Shaw.
(b) Lasky.
(c) Brents.
(d) Warner.

5. Who was the United States Attorney during the time of Prohibition?
(a) Drennon.
(b) Damon.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Drake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were those successful in the talkie industry dubbed?

2. What happened to the tell-all journal in court?

3. What was Mae Murray's husband's name?

4. To get revenge, to whom did Chaplin give all the information about his wedding?

5. How many abortions did Joan Barry undergo while preparing for a new role?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Charlie Chaplin such a part of scandalous headlines?

2. Who was Lupe Velez?

3. What did Joan Crawford encourage people to do?

4. What role does suicide seem to play in the film industry and Hollywood?

5. Why was the introduction of talkies significant?

6. Describe the protests for the invasion of privacy.

7. Describe Francis Farmer.

8. Who was Bugsy Siegel?

9. What did the term "box office poison" mean?

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

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