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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. What country nearly wiped out the French film industry after World War II?
(a) Germany.
(b) America.
(c) Britain.
(d) Italy.

2. What genre of film became particularly popular in the early seventies?
(a) Horror.
(b) Grindhouse.
(c) Screwball comedy.
(d) Blaxploitation.

3. What was Italian director Luchino Visconti's title in his home country?
(a) The Baron of Venice.
(b) The Duke of Modrone.
(c) The Duke of Conti.
(d) The Baron of Sicily.

4. During Japan's Golden Age in cinema, what country, previously considered a strong force in cinema, began to decline?
(a) Britain.
(b) United States.
(c) Sweden.
(d) France.

5. What movement is credited with the influx of women in positions of power in the film industry?
(a) Immigration rights.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Anti-censorship lobbying.
(d) Civil rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Low-budget films that had the look of home movies were not popular in which of the following countries?

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

3. What was significant about cinema in education in the 1970s?

4. When American films began to include sound (particularly dialogue), what sound effect uncomfortably highlighted the violence in most movies?

5. During the 1960s in Hollywood, what was the main focus in the industry's mainstream films?

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