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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 Chaplin's nationality?

2. What was Fatty Arbuckle's real first name?

3. Who was the man meant to "clean up" Hollywood?

4. What were the elephants supposed to tower over?

5. Who was Mary Mills' mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Arbuckle begin getting into trouble?

2. What type of movie style did drug use influence? What movie made this style famous?

3. Describe Stroheim's defiance directed toward Hays.

4. How did Ince get shot?

5. What scandal surrounded Clara Bow?

6. Who were Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons?

7. Was it possible to clean up Hollywood? Why or why not?

8. What was the" Doom Book"?

9. What objections did Hays face with the new world of gossip?

10. Was scandal more prominent in the Golden Age of Hollywood or in modern Hollywood? Why do you think so?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe "Red Tide." What were the two groups involved in the "Red Hunt"? What were the benefits and downfalls of the "Red Hunt," if any?

Essay Topic 2

Why was Olive Thomas' death significant to Hollywood's Golden Age?

Essay Topic 3

Why was the term "box office poison" used? Was this term effective in "cleaning up Hollywood"? Why or why not?

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