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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. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) Eli Whitney.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Orson Welles.

2. Which director, during America in the 1940s, became renowned for film adaptations of literature?
(a) Billy Wilder.
(b) Orson Welles.
(c) John Huston.
(d) Preston Sturges.

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

4. What aspect of the newly-heard dialogue in the Golden Age made audiences uneasy?
(a) The accents of foreign stars.
(b) The political aspects.
(c) Sexual innuendo.
(d) The strange voices of previously-silent stars.

5. In the first several decades of the film industry, European films focused on the artists, while American films focused on the _______.
(a) Political statements.
(b) Story.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Sociological value.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?

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

3. What were the only restrictions placed on directors in the 1920s?

4. During World War II, which director became known for his films that examined sex, greed, and the inherent sadism of humans?

5. What did the formation of the Patent Company force theaters showing their films to do?

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