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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who bought the rights to The Philadelphia Story for Hepburn?
(a) Mayer.
(b) Howard Hughes.
(c) Spencer Tracy.
(d) George Stevens.

2. What was Dick able to recover from the house after it was destroyed in 1938?
(a) His car.
(b) His father's diaries.
(c) Some papers he had been working on.
(d) A crystal chandalier.

3. What was Mayer's profession?
(a) He was a dance choreographer.
(b) He was in the oil industry.
(c) He was in newspaper publishing.
(d) He was the head of a film studio.

4. Who was the male lead in Hepburn's first movie?
(a) Fred Astaire.
(b) Clark Gable.
(c) Spencer Tracy.
(d) John Barrymore.

5. What does Hepburn mention of Luddy's life after their divorce?
(a) He remarried and moved to England.
(b) He remarried and has two children.
(c) He died of a drug overdose.
(d) He remained unmarried but had a live-in girlfriend.

6. Who was Laura?
(a) Hepburn's cousin who tutored her as a child.
(b) Hepburn's nemesis on one of her film sets.
(c) Hepburn's aunt who introduced her to Luddy.
(d) Hepburn's friend who traveled to Hollywood with her.

7. Where did Hepburn take Hughes to meet her parents?
(a) The Hamptons.
(b) Fenwick.
(c) Hollywood.
(d) Central Park in Manhattan.

8. When did Hepburn and Luddy divorce?
(a) Christmas Eve, 1943.
(b) Just after her birthday in 1944.
(c) In the winter of 1942.
(d) Some point before 1941.

9. What wild creature made its way into Hepburn's living room in Chapter 3?
(a) A rattlesnake.
(b) A bird.
(c) A rat.
(d) A squirrel.

10. How much was Hepburn offered for a role in the section "First Trip to Hollywood"?
(a) Seven hundred dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Five hundred dollars.

11. Whose birthday party, held at Cukor's home, does Hepburn talk about?
(a) Betty Grable's.
(b) Ethel Barrymore's.
(c) Ingrid Bergman's.
(d) Vivienne Leigh's.

12. What did Hepburn's mother become the president of?
(a) The Connecticut Women's Suffrage Association.
(b) The Connecticut Women's Suffrage Campaign.
(c) The Connecticut Female Equality Initiative.
(d) The Mothers' of Connecticut Partnership.

13. What did Hepburn's mother learn early on in life?
(a) To forgive but never forget.
(b) To take what life gives you and make the best of it.
(c) To follow your dreams no matter what.
(d) To live life to the fullest.

14. Which of the following was NOT a Hepburn film?
(a) Morning Glory.
(b) Little Women.
(c) Gone with the Wind.
(d) Spitfire.

15. How old was the birthday girl turning at Cukor's home?
(a) Thirty-five.
(b) Forty-five.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the male leads of the movie The Philadelphia Story?

2. What did Luddy do to the house he had with Hepburn?

3. How does Hepburn feel about her parents?

4. Where did Hepburn and Luddy marry?

5. What did Hepburn's father often let her and her siblings do during their childhood?

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