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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?
(a) Vaudeville.
(b) Dancers.
(c) Singers.
(d) Shakespearean.

2. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?
(a) Zoetrope.
(b) Rear projector.
(c) Glass lantern.
(d) Rotoscope.

3. For what company did Griffith work?
(a) Fields Inc.
(b) Biograph.
(c) Paramount.
(d) Lamont.

4. After what major event did film gain popularity in the USSR?
(a) Russian Revolution.
(b) Death of Rasputin.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

5. What editor displayed the emotional impact of crowd scenes on film?
(a) Sergei Einstein.
(b) Lev Kulshov.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Fritz Lang.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Harry Langdon's film persona?

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

3. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?

4. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?

5. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?

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