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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 group was formed in 1908 with the intention to further develop the Kinetoscope technology?
(a) The Film D'Art.
(b) Screen Actors Guild.
(c) Actor's Equity.
(d) American Federation of Television and Radio Actors.

2. What studio did William Fox and Carl Laemmle eventually form?
(a) Paramount.
(b) MGM.
(c) Fox.
(d) Universal.

3. In what style did the French produce their films?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Absurd.
(c) Historical.
(d) Horror.

4. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?
(a) Lev Kuleshov.
(b) Fritz Lang.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Enst Lubitsch.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The two main regions involved in film production before the move to California were New York and _________.

3. With what film technique did European filmmakers begin experimenting?

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

5. Which of the following comedians was not one of the silent film stars from the 1920s?

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