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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 were the names of Hepburn's brothers?

2. Who was Fanny Ciarrier?

3. Who did Hepburn have tea with while working on The Lake?

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

5. What was Leland's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What values does Hepburn say her mother passed on to her and her siblings?

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

3. What does Hepburn credit her mother for allowing when she and her siblings were children?

4. What is Hepburn's relationship with her siblings like? Which of her siblings have passed away?

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

6. After what event did Jed Harris's treatment of Hepburn change?

7. What did Hepburn think of Howard Hughes at first? How did the two of them get to know each other better?

8. What causes did Hepburn's parents work for?

9. Why does Hepburn believe George Cukor never received the credit he deserved for his work?

10. When young, what would Hepburn and her friend Alice do for excitement in Fenwick? Why did they stop doing this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and interpret the conclusion of the autobiography "Me: Stories of My Life". How did Hepburn choose to end the book? Why might she have decided to end the book at this point? Does the book tie up all loose ends? Are there any surprises at the end? Are there any unanswered questions?

Essay Topic 2

How would one define Hepburn's career, following Tracy's death until her retirement? How did she overcome them? What productions was Hepburn involved in during her last years as an actress? What were some anecdotes she shared of this time period? Why did she stop acting?

Essay Topic 3

What is the genre of "Me: Stories of My Life"? What are the elements of this genre? What are some other famous titles of this genre? What do these titles have in common with this book?

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