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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In America during the late 1960s, what was the general mood of the youth?
(a) Pro-government.
(b) Anti-establishment.
(c) Conscientious objectors.
(d) Severe ennui.

2. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?
(a) Max Ophuls.
(b) Fritz Lang.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Leni Reifenstahl.

3. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?
(a) 75%.
(b) 95%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 85%.

4. Which of the following men was not one of the major producers in the 1950s American film industry?
(a) Elia Kazan.
(b) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) Fred Zinnemann.
(d) Billy Wilder.

5. 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) The strange voices of previously-silent stars.
(d) Sexual innuendo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?

2. What was the name of France's sudden revitalization in their film industry in the 1950s?

3. What was the focus of Italy's films in the years around World War II?

4. What sort of films did Jean Cocteau create in France in the 1930s?

5. As the studios bowed to pressure from outside groups during the Golden Age, what was one of the effects seen on the gangster movies?

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