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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of actors were labeled "Box Office Poison"?
(a) Difficult and obscene.
(b) Moral and delusional.
(c) Fake and gimmicky.
(d) Pious and righteous.

2. Who was Chaplin's first wife?
(a) Melanie Hopkins.
(b) Mildred Harris.
(c) Mercy Horace.
(d) Mary Hanson.

3. Clara Bow had a problem with _____________.
(a) Anorexia.
(b) Nerves.
(c) Depression.
(d) Indigestion.

4. Who was devoted to showing film as art?
(a) Hearst.
(b) Valentino.
(c) Griffith.
(d) Chaplin.

5. Who found William Desmond Taylor's body?
(a) His servant.
(b) His boss.
(c) Mary Mills.
(d) Fatty Arbuckle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of one of the scandalous headline writers?

2. What were those successful in the talkie industry dubbed?

3. What happened to the tell-all journal in court?

4. What was Chaplin's girlfriend Peggy's last name?

5. Where was Olive Thomas found dead?

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