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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. With whom did Gilbert have a drinking contest?
(a) Chaplin.
(b) Provost.
(c) Garbo.
(d) Fox.

2. What put Frances Farmer in jail?
(a) Her ignorance of the law.
(b) Her anger at her father.
(c) Her hatred for authority.
(d) Her intolerable cruelty.

3. In what year did Joan Barry hit Hollywood?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1948.

4. What was Mae Murray's former career before movie starlet?
(a) Pastor's wife.
(b) Sear's saleslady.
(c) Macy's clerk.
(d) Secretary.

5. What did Barry threaten Chaplin with?
(a) Pictures.
(b) A gun.
(c) A knife.
(d) A court case.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Mae West's first silver screen appearance?

2. What does "Red Tide" refer to?

3. With whom did Mary Astor have an affair?

4. When did the "Suicide Syndrome" occur?

5. Gilbert's first talkie was referred to as ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What scandal involved Thelma Todd?

4. What was the Astor-Thorpe scandal?

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

6. Why was Hopper so critical of Charlie Chaplin?

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

8. Describe the "preservation for American ideals."

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

10. How did Joan Barry prepare for her movie roles?

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