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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. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?
(a) Fritz Lang.
(b) F.W. Murnau.
(c) Enst Lubitsch.
(d) Lev Kuleshov.

2. What technological breakthrough hurt the film industry in America?
(a) Radio.
(b) Telegraph.
(c) Telephone.
(d) Television.

3. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1899.

4. Filmmaker Jean Renoir was the son of what influential artist?
(a) Vincente Renoir.
(b) Pierre Auguste Renoir.
(c) Jean Renoir I.
(d) Marcel LeFever Renoir.

5. What sort of documentaries dominated the filmmaking business in America in the 1940s?
(a) Travel.
(b) Actor's biographies.
(c) Religious.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. After what major event did film gain popularity in the USSR?

2. What group was formed in 1908 with the intention to further develop the Kinetoscope technology?

3. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?

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

5. What comedy team became popular (and necessary) during the studio's push for pure entertainment in the earlier decades of the Golden Age?

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