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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In what genre did RKO specialize during the Golden Age?
(a) Action.
(b) Comedies.
(c) Thrillers.
(d) Musicals.
2. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?
(a) Zoetrope.
(b) Rear projector.
(c) Rotoscope.
(d) Glass lantern.
3. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?
(a) The stories were presented in serial format.
(b) The tabloid era had begun.
(c) The audiences did not need to follow a plot.
(d) The actors all had scandalous lives.
4. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?
(a) Dancers.
(b) Vaudeville.
(c) Singers.
(d) Shakespearean.
5. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?
(a) Fritz Lang.
(b) F.W. Murnau.
(c) Max Ophuls.
(d) Leni Reifenstahl.
Short Answer Questions
1. What early realization helped films develop both special effects and story lines?
2. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?
3. In the first several decades of the film industry, European films focused on the artists, while American films focused on the _______.
4. What did Griffith as a director discover that elevated films from being more than technical achievements?
5. During the early days of World War II, why did Britain have trouble maintaining their film industry?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was David Wark Griffith?
2. Why did so many artists leave Europe in the thirties and how did this effect the film industry?
3. Who were some of the great directors and their innovative storytelling techniques from Hollywood in the 1940s?
4. What led to the mass migration of film production from New York and New Jersey to California?
5. How did the advent of "talkies" change both technical and acting aspects of film?
6. Describe the film industry in the USSR after the first World War.
7. How did the position of film producer become part of the filmmaking process?
8. How did studios cater to the audience's wishes in the Golden Age of the Studio.
9. How did the House of Un-American Activities Committee bring Hollywood's booming economy and artistic success to a screeching halt in the late forties?
10. How did Hollywood join the war effort in the forties?
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