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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what country did director Ingmar Bergman come?
(a) Italy.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Germany.
(d) Norway.

2. Which of the following words can be used to describe the films that were produced during the early years of the Golden Age?
(a) Socially aware.
(b) Experimental.
(c) Expressive.
(d) Formulaic.

3. Filmmaker Jean Renoir was the son of what influential artist?
(a) Pierre Auguste Renoir.
(b) Marcel LeFever Renoir.
(c) Jean Renoir I.
(d) Vincente Renoir.

4. Who revolutionized the way films were shot on-location through such "studios on wheels" such as the Cinemobile Mark IV?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) Ingmar Bergman.
(c) David Lynch.
(d) Fouad Said.

5. Who replaced Czechoslovakia's government, obliterating their film industry?
(a) Soviet Union.
(b) Germany.
(c) Northern Africa.
(d) United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the end of the Vietnam War affect the content of American films?

2. What hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?

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

4. In what genre did RKO specialize during the Golden Age?

5. What declined per America's changing tastes and desire for more sophisticated films in the 1950s?

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