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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first several decades of the film industry, European films focused on the artists, while American films focused on the _______.
(a) Political statements.
(b) Sociological value.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Story.

2. What studio did William Fox and Carl Laemmle eventually form?
(a) Paramount.
(b) MGM.
(c) Fox.
(d) Universal.

3. What film helped open up the world to the power of British filmmaking in the 1930s?
(a) "The Private Life of Henry VIII."
(b) "Rebecca."
(c) "Strangers on a Train."
(d) "The Once and Future King."

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

5. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?
(a) F.W. Murnau.
(b) Sergei Einstein.
(c) Ernst Lubitsch.
(d) Fritz Lang.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1947, what did the House of Un-American Activities Committee began to investigate?

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

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

4. What sort of documentaries dominated the filmmaking business in America in the 1940s?

5. In what decade were silent films perfected?

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