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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What took the place of the 35mm camera in the 2000s?
(a) Digital photography.
(b) Computer graphics.
(c) 25mm camera.
(d) Handheld camera techniques seen from the independent film circles.

2. With country did the poetic realistic cinema flourish?
(a) Iran.
(b) Korea.
(c) Canada.
(d) Brazil.

3. Which of the following was not one of the Little Three in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) United Artists.
(b) RKO.
(c) Universal.
(d) Columbia.

4. Which of the following comedians was not one of the silent film stars from the 1920s?
(a) Charlie Chaplin.
(b) Lou Costello.
(c) Harold Lloyd.
(d) Buster Keaton.

5. What did the formation of the Patent Company force theaters showing their films to do?
(a) Allow people to steal the original reels.
(b) Force women to sit in the shadows.
(c) Pay taxes to the company.
(d) Credit all films to the Patent Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year did "talkies" take over Hollywood?

2. Which of of the following was not one of the associate companies of the commercial conglomerates that helped keep the American film industry from floundering in the sixties?

3. What Asian city produced martial arts films that became incredibly popular with the international, mainstream audience?

4. Which of the following words can be used to describe the films that were produced during the early years of the Golden Age?

5. Which director, during America in the 1940s, became renowned for film adaptations of literature?

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