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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 was the name of Olive Thomas's husband?

2. Who blackmailed Clara Bow?

3. At what age did Arbuckle die?

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

5. Who was Mary Mills' mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Stroheim's defiance directed toward Hays.

2. Describe blackmail as a theme.

3. How did Arbuckle begin getting into trouble?

4. Describe Charlie Chaplin's first wife.

5. What scandal surrounded Clara Bow?

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

7. Why and how was Charlie Chaplin almost ruined?

8. What type of movie style did drug use influence? What movie made this style famous?

9. How did Ince get shot?

10. Was scandal more prominent in the Golden Age of Hollywood or in modern Hollywood? Why do you think so?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What impact did the Astor-Thorpe scandal have on obscenity laws? Why was it such a big deal for Old Hollywood?

Essay Topic 2

Describe "Red Tide." What were the two groups involved in the "Red Hunt"? What were the benefits and downfalls of the "Red Hunt," if any?

Essay Topic 3

What involvement did the courts have in Hollywood up to the 1950s? Why is this significant? How has this changed over time?

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