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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. For what reasons did Japanese films escape censorship from their government in their Golden Age?
(a) Japanese directors managed to film exclusively outside of their country.
(b) Japanese films were veiled propaganda for the government.
(c) Japanese films were naturally conservative.
(d) Japanese films dealt strictly in historical events.

2. As the studio system rose again in the 1980s, what area suffered?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Independent films.
(c) Musicals.
(d) Foreign films.

3. Due to the obliteration of the Production Code in the sixties, what type of films became popular in the seventies?
(a) Experimental.
(b) Blaxploitation.
(c) Pornography.
(d) Horror.

4. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) Story.
(b) Stars.
(c) Genres.
(d) Studios

5. What was Italian director Luchino Visconti's title in his home country?
(a) The Baron of Venice.
(b) The Duke of Conti.
(c) The Baron of Sicily.
(d) The Duke of Modrone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to the cinema's reflection of the American public's distrust of the government, what began to happen to the movie theater?

2. What hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?

3. What were the primary goal's of German films after World War II?

4. What was created in order to satisfy the demands of the Catholic Church (among others) in the 1930s?

5. During the Golden Age, what now-famous aspects of films came from artists such as Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire?

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