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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. Which decade is considered the beginning of Japan's Golden Age in cinema?
(a) The fifties.
(b) The sixites.
(c) The seventies.
(d) The forties.

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

3. 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) Women were not allowed behind the camera.
(b) Violence was removed.
(c) The films became morality tales.
(d) Gangster films were banned.

4. Which of the following was not one of the most popular genres to emerge from Japan's film industry?
(a) Animation.
(b) Historical romance.
(c) Science fiction.
(d) Samurai films.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country did director Ingmar Bergman come?

2. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?

3. In what year did the Production Code become obsolete?

4. In what decade were silent films perfected?

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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