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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 event in America caused studios to realize that the movie-going public needed entertainment over grim realism?
(a) World War I.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Great Depression.

2. What became the new standard screen ratio for films in the 1950s?
(a) 1.85 to 1.
(b) 16 to 3.
(c) 2.15 to 1.
(d) 21 to 5.

3. What were the primary goal's of German films after World War II?
(a) Promoting the country's worth.
(b) Entertainment for the masses.
(c) Correcting Nazi propaganda.
(d) Asking other countries for help.

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

5. For what reason did many great artists leave Europe for America in the 1930s?
(a) The studios lured them to America.
(b) Low production values.
(c) Nazi persecution.
(d) Political exiling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of music became popular for movie soundtracks in the sixties?

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

3. What was significant about the economy in American films during the early to mid-eighties?

4. During the social revolution of the sixties in America, how did Hollywood compensate for their budget cuts?

5. Which decade is considered the beginning of Japan's Golden Age in cinema?

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