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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. Which of the following directors was not one the greats in 1940s Italy?
(a) Vincent Minnelli.
(b) Roberto Rossellini.
(c) Cesare Zavattini.
(d) Vittorio de Sica.

2. What is the other term for the Angry Young Man movement?
(a) Kitchen Sink realism.
(b) Uprising Cockney.
(c) Chekhovian absurdity.
(d) Pinter Pause realism.

3. What sort of documentaries dominated the filmmaking business in America in the 1940s?
(a) Religious.
(b) War.
(c) Actor's biographies.
(d) Travel.

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) Fouad Said.
(d) David Lynch.

5. For what reasons did Japanese films escape censorship from their government in their Golden Age?
(a) Japanese directors managed to film exclusively outside of their country.
(b) Japanese films were veiled propaganda for the government.
(c) Japanese films dealt strictly in historical events.
(d) Japanese films were naturally conservative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the focus of Russian documentaries after World War II, as ordered by Stalin?

2. In what year did the stock market crash in America, causing film investors to pull out of Hollywood?

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

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

5. Which of the following was not one of the major national movements in America during the 1970s?

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