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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 hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?
(a) Nazis.
(b) Communists.
(c) Women's liberation.
(d) Homosexuality.

2. Which artist pushed the boundaries on sex and violence on film?
(a) Frida Kahlo.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Fritz Lang.

3. Which of the following was not one of the experiments conducted by film studios in the 1950s in order to change the size of their screens?
(a) 3D.
(b) Cinerama.
(c) CinemaScope.
(d) Rotoscope.

4. What is the other term for the Angry Young Man movement?
(a) Pinter Pause realism.
(b) Kitchen Sink realism.
(c) Chekhovian absurdity.
(d) Uprising Cockney.

5. During Japan's Golden Age in cinema, what country, previously considered a strong force in cinema, began to decline?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. What early realization helped films develop both special effects and story lines?

2. What movement is credited with the influx of women in positions of power in the film industry?

3. What did Meissonier's conversion of Muybridge's photographs create?

4. What was created in order to satisfy the demands of the Catholic Church (among others) in the 1930s?

5. As the studio system rose again in the 1980s, what area suffered?

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