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

2. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) Paramount.
(b) RKO.
(c) Universal.
(d) Warner Bros.

3. What film helped open up the world to the power of British filmmaking in the 1930s?
(a) "Strangers on a Train."
(b) "The Once and Future King."
(c) "Rebecca."
(d) "The Private Life of Henry VIII."

4. By what year did "talkies" take over Hollywood?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1929.

5. During the early days of World War II, why did Britain have trouble maintaining their film industry?
(a) Funding.
(b) Immigration.
(c) Denouncement of British films from Hitler.
(d) Bomb threats.

Short Answer Questions

1. After what major event did film gain popularity in the USSR?

2. For what company did Griffith work?

3. In England in the 1930s, what sociologist announced that films could be a powerful tool for social reform?

4. What technological breakthrough hurt the film industry in America?

5. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?

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