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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. As studios struggled to find the balance between pragmatism and idealism in the early decades of the Golden Age, which of the following people was not one of the great directors to innovate filmmaking in this period?
(a) Ernst Lubitsch.
(b) Frank Capra.
(c) John Ford.
(d) Max von Manderling.

2. In what year did the Production Code become obsolete?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1968.

3. What was significant about the economy in American films during the early to mid-eighties?
(a) Foreign investors took an interest and guaranteed massive kick-backs.
(b) Several loans were received from the government.
(c) Massive financial gains.
(d) Heavy financial losses.

4. What was the focus of Italy's films in the years around World War II?
(a) Epics.
(b) Theatrical adaptations.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Neo-realism.

5. What was encouraged by the New Wave filmmakers?
(a) Improvisation.
(b) Violence.
(c) Song and dance.
(d) Nudity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following men was not one of the major producers in the 1950s American film industry?

2. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?

3. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?

4. In what year was the Production Code revised in the decade following World War II?

5. What became the new standard screen ratio for films in the 1950s?

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