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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?
(a) Singers.
(b) Vaudeville.
(c) Shakespearean.
(d) Dancers.

2. What was Harry Langdon's film persona?
(a) The baby.
(b) The ladies' man.
(c) The swashbuckler.
(d) The tramp.

3. What influenced the audience's desire for music and voices to be added to films?
(a) Radio.
(b) Stage.
(c) The terrible quality of the live music provided for the film.
(d) Charlie Chaplin's singing voice.

4. In 1947, what did the House of Un-American Activities Committee began to investigate?
(a) Communism.
(b) Labor laws.
(c) The roles of minorities in film.
(d) Nazi spies.

5. What editor displayed the emotional impact of crowd scenes on film?
(a) Lev Kulshov.
(b) Fritz Lang.
(c) Sergei Einstein.
(d) F.W. Murnau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Griffith as a director discover that elevated films from being more than technical achievements?

2. What fear arose about an audience's viewing experience as films grew longer?

3. As studios struggled to find the balance between pragmatism and idealism in the early decades of the Golden Age, which of the following people was not one of the great directors to innovate filmmaking in this period?

4. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?

5. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?

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