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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. By what year did "talkies" take over Hollywood?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1929.

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

3. In what era did early film begin to primarily grow?
(a) Golden Era.
(b) Silent Era.
(c) Nickelodean Era.
(d) Moving Era.

4. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?
(a) Staged combat.
(b) Polyvision.
(c) Explosions.
(d) Framing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What studio did William Fox and Carl Laemmle eventually form?

2. What group was formed in 1908 with the intention to further develop the Kinetoscope technology?

3. What did the formation of the Patent Company force theaters showing their films to do?

4. From what year was a diary entry discovered as having discussed the beginnings of projections?

5. What did Griffith as a director discover that elevated films from being more than technical achievements?

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