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

2. What happened in the same year Thelma Todd was found dead?
(a) Mae West died.
(b) Charlie Chaplin met Lita Grey.
(c) Fatty Arbuckle raped and killed a woman.
(d) Astor-Thorpe scandal.

3. In what year was Thelma Todd found dead?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1940.

4. What happened to the tell-all journal in court?
(a) The author was imprisoned.
(b) It was shredded.
(c) It was locked in a box.
(d) It was burned.

5. Where did Mae West first become famous?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes Bugsy Siegel?

2. In what year did Joan Barry hit Hollywood?

3. Who was one of the first stars to fall during the Jazz Age due to lack of transitional power?

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

5. What drugs did Siegel push?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Hopper so critical of Charlie Chaplin?

2. What scandal involved Mae West?

3. Describe John Gilbert's fall.

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

5. What did Joan Crawford encourage people to do?

6. Why was the introduction of talkies significant?

7. Who was Lupe Velez?

8. Who was Bugsy Siegel?

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

10. What was the "Red Tide"?

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