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

2. In what genre did RKO specialize during the Golden Age?
(a) Comedies.
(b) Thrillers.
(c) Action.
(d) Musicals.

3. What was Charlie Chaplin's film persona?
(a) The ladies' man.
(b) The swashbuckler.
(c) The tramp.
(d) The baby.

4. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?
(a) Freedom of movement to find new locations.
(b) Jewish artists.
(c) Funding.
(d) Freedom of speech.

5. What was Harry Langdon's film persona?
(a) The baby.
(b) The tramp.
(c) The ladies' man.
(d) The swashbuckler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Italian director Luchino Visconti's title in his home country?

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

3. Which director, during America in the 1940s, became renowned for film adaptations of literature?

4. From what country did director Ingmar Bergman come?

5. In what year was the Production Code revised in the decade following World War II?

(see the answer key)

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