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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 what era did early film begin to primarily grow?
(a) Silent Era.
(b) Moving Era.
(c) Nickelodean Era.
(d) Golden Era.

2. Which of the following words can be used to describe the films that were produced during the early years of the Golden Age?
(a) Experimental.
(b) Socially aware.
(c) Formulaic.
(d) Expressive.

3. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?
(a) Cat.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Dog.
(d) Horse.

4. What sort of films did Jean Cocteau create in France in the 1930s?
(a) Surrealist.
(b) Period dramas.
(c) Musicals.
(d) Suspense.

5. What group was formed in 1908 with the intention to further develop the Kinetoscope technology?
(a) The Film D'Art.
(b) Screen Actors Guild.
(c) Actor's Equity.
(d) American Federation of Television and Radio Actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?

2. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?

3. Which company became renowned for their animation in the early years of World War II?

4. Why did the War Department in America ban some of the political movies made during World War II?

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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