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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political event helped shape American cinema in the 1970s?
(a) The fall of the Berlin Wall.
(b) Ollie North's resignation.
(c) Kennedy assassination.
(d) Watergate.

2. What French documentary from the 1980s dealt with the Holocaust?
(a) "Les Monstrous."
(b) "Au Revoir, Paris."
(c) "Shoa."
(d) "Zappatos."

3. Which decade is considered the beginning of Japan's Golden Age in cinema?
(a) The fifties.
(b) The sixites.
(c) The seventies.
(d) The forties.

4. Why did the War Department in America ban some of the political movies made during World War II?
(a) The visuals were too realistic.
(b) Films from the War Department had been leaked to Hollywood.
(c) The filmmakers inadvertently gave away state secrets.
(d) The government wanted to keep Americans ignorant of the war overseas.

5. What did the formation of the Patent Company force theaters showing their films to do?
(a) Pay taxes to the company.
(b) Force women to sit in the shadows.
(c) Credit all films to the Patent Company.
(d) Allow people to steal the original reels.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did films from the Third World go about crossing the language barrier for international audiences?

2. Hollywood, in the 2000s, began to focus on adaptations of comics books and _______.

3. How did the end of the Vietnam War affect the content of American films?

4. What editor displayed the emotional impact of crowd scenes on film?

5. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?

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