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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. By what year did "talkies" take over Hollywood?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1930.

2. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?
(a) Eli Whitney.
(b) Thomas Edison.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Orson Welles.

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

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

5. During the Golden Age, what now-famous aspects of films came from artists such as Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire?
(a) Sexual innuendo.
(b) Comedy duos.
(c) Dance numbers.
(d) Advanced lighting techniques.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Charlie Chaplin's film persona?

2. The two main regions involved in film production before the move to California were New York and _________.

3. The Kinetoscope was developed by Thomas Edison and _______ _______.

4. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?

5. What was Harry Langdon's film persona?

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