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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. Players-Lasky was a subsidiary of______________.

2. How many names were in the Doom Book?

3. What was the name of the second scandalous headline writer?

4. Who was dubbed "King of Paramount"?

5. Who raped Virginia Rappe?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Griffith's "Babylon" break Hollywood standards?

2. Who was Peggy Hopkins Joyce?

3. What was considered the first big scandal in Hollywood?

4. Who were Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons?

5. Why and how was Charlie Chaplin almost ruined?

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

7. Describe blackmail as a theme.

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

9. Describe Charlie Chaplin's first wife.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does suicide play in early Hollywood?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How has celebrity gossip transformed over the years? How did gossip rags start, and what are they now? Which style is more demeaning for the celebrities they portray? Why?

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