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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 did Hepburn decide about her career when she first married?

2. What was Leland's last name?

3. Who fired Hepburn from her first role?

4. Who was Hepburn's co-star in the movie she was making when she met Hughes?

5. What was the name of Hepburn's first movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hepburn say her father learned from his relationship with his mother?

2. What did Hepburn's maternal grandmother, Caroline, want her daughters to do in their lives?

3. What example does Hepburn provide for how different she and Leland Hayward were? With this example, what compromise did they make to get along?

4. Why was Hepburn fired from "The Big Pond"?

5. What party at George Cukor's home does Hepburn recall in particular?

6. How did Leland end his relationship with Hepburn?

7. What difficulty on the set of "Alice Adams" does Hepburn recount?

8. After the end of her relationship with Leland, what did Hepburn's friends and family tell her?

9. What did Hepburn decide she should do while she was working in her second play?

10. After marrying, what did Hepburn decide to do career-wise?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Hepburn's childhood. Did she have a happy childhood? What were some of the memories that Hepburn shared with the reader? How might Hepburn's childhood have influenced the person she became?

Essay Topic 2

What does Hepburn note about old age? How does Hepburn handle old age? What struggles does she face in her old age? What friends does she mention helping her in her old age?

Essay Topic 3

What struggles or obstacles did Hepburn face early on in her career? How did she overcome them? What productions was Hepburn involved in during her early years as an actress? What were some anecdotes she shared of this time period?

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