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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. When American films began to include sound (particularly dialogue), what sound effect uncomfortably highlighted the violence in most movies?
(a) Machine guns.
(b) Screams.
(c) Cannons.
(d) Stabs.

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

3. Why did the independent filmmakers head for California while the Patent Company existed?
(a) Griffith held a grudge against Laemmle.
(b) A wealth of talent was discovered in California.
(c) California promised the filmmakers they could work without taxes.
(d) They were not legally allowed to make films without the Patent Company.

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) "The Once and Future King."
(c) "Rebecca."
(d) "Strangers on a Train."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?

2. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?

3. By what year did "talkies" take over Hollywood?

4. What was one of the biggest threats to the film industry in the 1930s?

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

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