Flashback: A Brief History of Film Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Louis Giannetti
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 168 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Flashback: A Brief History of Film Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Louis Giannetti
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 168 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. From what entertainment aspect did Orson Welles tap in order to innovate the ways films were made?
(a) Dance companies.
(b) Theater.
(c) Music.
(d) Sound design.

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

3. With what film technique did European filmmakers begin experimenting?
(a) Cinematography.
(b) Sound.
(c) Special effects.
(d) Editing.

4. What did Meissonier's conversion of Muybridge's photographs create?
(a) A live-action special effects device.
(b) A sound machine.
(c) An illusion of movement.
(d) A projector.

5. What was created in order to satisfy the demands of the Catholic Church (among others) in the 1930s?
(a) Hayes Code.
(b) MPAA.
(c) Decency Council.
(d) Production Code.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?

3. During the early days of World War II, why did Britain have trouble maintaining their film industry?

4. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?

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

(see the answer key)

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