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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. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?
(a) Shakespearean.
(b) Vaudeville.
(c) Singers.
(d) Dancers.

2. In England in the 1930s, what sociologist announced that films could be a powerful tool for social reform?
(a) John Grierson.
(b) Orson Welles.
(c) Alfred Hitchcock.
(d) Alexander Korda.

3. What comedy team became popular (and necessary) during the studio's push for pure entertainment in the earlier decades of the Golden Age?
(a) Abbott and Costello.
(b) Laurel and Hardy.
(c) Wilber and Woolsley.
(d) Marx Brothers.

4. During Japan's Golden Age in cinema, what country, previously considered a strong force in cinema, began to decline?
(a) Britain.
(b) United States.
(c) France.
(d) Sweden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?

2. What hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?

3. In what style did the French produce their films?

4. Post-World War II, who was Italy's most prominent director?

5. For what company did Griffith work?

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