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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percentage of the American film industry's gross profits came from Great Britain in the early years of the industry?
(a) 40.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 35.

2. Which company became renowned for their animation in the early years of World War II?
(a) MGM.
(b) RKO.
(c) Disney.
(d) Warner Bros.

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

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

5. What comedy team became popular (and necessary) during the studio's push for pure entertainment in the earlier decades of the Golden Age?
(a) Laurel and Hardy.
(b) Marx Brothers.
(c) Abbott and Costello.
(d) Wilber and Woolsley.

6. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) Story.
(b) Studios
(c) Genres.
(d) Stars.

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

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

9. What was the standard amount of time devoted to creating a picture during David Wark Griffith's development of film?
(a) One month.
(b) One week.
(c) One year.
(d) One day.

10. During the Golden Age, what part of the film was frequently lost in favor of the star performer's special skills?
(a) Story.
(b) Cinematographer.
(c) Music.
(d) Lighting.

11. What style of art influenced Alfred Hitchcock the most, particularly in his early work?
(a) Brechtian.
(b) Theater of the Absurd.
(c) Theater of Cruelty.
(d) Expressionism.

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

13. What was Charlie Chaplin's film persona?
(a) The baby.
(b) The swashbuckler.
(c) The tramp.
(d) The ladies' man.

14. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?
(a) F.W. Murnau.
(b) Enst Lubitsch.
(c) Fritz Lang.
(d) Lev Kuleshov.

15. When American films began to include sound (particularly dialogue), what sound effect uncomfortably highlighted the violence in most movies?
(a) Screams.
(b) Stabs.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Machine guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Harry Langdon's film persona?

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

3. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?

4. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?

5. In what era did early film begin to primarily grow?

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