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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?
(a) 85%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 75%.

2. In what year did the Production Code become obsolete?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1966.

3. What aspect of the newly-heard dialogue in the Golden Age made audiences uneasy?
(a) The political aspects.
(b) Sexual innuendo.
(c) The strange voices of previously-silent stars.
(d) The accents of foreign stars.

4. Who replaced Czechoslovakia's government, obliterating their film industry?
(a) United States.
(b) Germany.
(c) Northern Africa.
(d) Soviet Union.

5. What was the name of the cultural movement in Czechoslavakia during the sixties?
(a) Prague Spring.
(b) Long-Haired Freaks.
(c) Kafka's Moment.
(d) Neo-Classical Revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the early seventies in America cinema, which of the following was not one of the main themes explored?

2. What country nearly wiped out the French film industry after World War II?

3. What was the name of France's sudden revitalization in their film industry in the 1950s?

4. Why did the War Department in America ban some of the political movies made during World War II?

5. In what year did the stock market crash in America, causing film investors to pull out of Hollywood?

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