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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 were the only restrictions placed on directors in the 1920s?
(a) They could only use one "star" at a time.
(b) They were not allowed to take a bigger cut of the movie's profits than the actors.
(c) They had to stay within their budget.
(d) They had to work subliminal advertising into their films.

2. From what year was a diary entry discovered as having discussed the beginnings of projections?
(a) 1532.
(b) 1718.
(c) 1666.
(d) 1811.

3. In what decade were silent films perfected?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1890s.
(d) 1930s.

4. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?
(a) Sergei Einstein.
(b) F.W. Murnau.
(c) Fritz Lang.
(d) Ernst Lubitsch.

5. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1901.

Short Answer Questions

1. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?

2. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?

3. In what era did early film begin to primarily grow?

4. What was Harold Lloyd's trademark?

5. What influenced the audience's desire for music and voices to be added to films?

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