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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The two main regions involved in film production before the move to California were New York and _________.
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Maine.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) Vermont.

2. As the studios bowed to pressure from outside groups during the Golden Age, what was one of the effects seen on the gangster movies?
(a) The films became morality tales.
(b) Women were not allowed behind the camera.
(c) Gangster films were banned.
(d) Violence was removed.

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

4. What early realization helped films develop both special effects and story lines?
(a) Reels could be cut together.
(b) Filming the weather was not intriguing enough for audiences.
(c) The films should be longer.
(d) Cameras could be operated by one man.

5. What declined per America's changing tastes and desire for more sophisticated films in the 1950s?
(a) Studios.
(b) Star power.
(c) Story lines.
(d) Independent films.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year did "talkies" take over Hollywood?

2. What were the only restrictions placed on directors in the 1920s?

3. What event in America caused studios to realize that the movie-going public needed entertainment over grim realism?

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

5. In the first several decades of the film industry, European films focused on the artists, while American films focused on the _______.

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