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

2. What was significant about cinema in education in the 1970s?
(a) Universities were mined for potential talent.
(b) Universities began offering film courses.
(c) Universities opened up their own production companies for the students.
(d) Films were used as a teaching aid.

3. What early realization helped films develop both special effects and story lines?
(a) Filming the weather was not intriguing enough for audiences.
(b) The films should be longer.
(c) Cameras could be operated by one man.
(d) Reels could be cut together.

4. What did Griffith as a director discover that elevated films from being more than technical achievements?
(a) Special effects and lighting.
(b) Talented actors.
(c) Prohibition forced people into the theaters.
(d) Cinematography.

5. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?
(a) F.W. Murnau.
(b) Max Ophuls.
(c) Leni Reifenstahl.
(d) Fritz Lang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of music became popular for movie soundtracks in the sixties?

2. In what genre did RKO specialize during the Golden Age?

3. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?

4. For what did the American film-going public demand in regards to the subjects of films in the 1980s?

5. What event in America caused studios to realize that the movie-going public needed entertainment over grim realism?

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