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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the man who tried to sabotage Chaplin's first marriage?

2. What was Chaplin's nationality?

3. What was the nickname of the main drug dealer in Hollywood in "Heroin Heroines"?

4. What was Mary Mills' profession?

5. What nickname was used in reference to Hays?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Arbuckle begin getting into trouble?

2. Who was Peggy Hopkins Joyce?

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

4. Describe blackmail as a theme.

5. What scandal surrounded Clara Bow?

6. What was the purpose of Griffith's elephants?

7. Why wasn't there any evidence relating to William Desmond Taylor's death?

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

9. Describe defiance against Hays.

10. Why and how was Charlie Chaplin almost ruined?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of obscenity and the courts taking control over the Astor-Thorpe scandal? What was the result of obscenity laws?

Essay Topic 2

What impact did the Astor-Thorpe scandal have on obscenity laws? Why was it such a big deal for Old Hollywood?

Essay Topic 3

What was the difference between talkies and silent films during the Jazz Era? What did talkies encourage? What disappeared with silent films? Why?

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