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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?
(a) The tabloid era had begun.
(b) The actors all had scandalous lives.
(c) The audiences did not need to follow a plot.
(d) The stories were presented in serial format.

2. What did Meissonier's conversion of Muybridge's photographs create?
(a) A projector.
(b) A live-action special effects device.
(c) A sound machine.
(d) An illusion of movement.

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

4. During the Golden Age, what now-famous aspects of films came from artists such as Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire?
(a) Comedy duos.
(b) Sexual innuendo.
(c) Dance numbers.
(d) Advanced lighting techniques.

5. What was Harold Lloyd's trademark?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Hat.
(c) Dance.
(d) Laugh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. From what entertainment aspect did Orson Welles tap in order to innovate the ways films were made?

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

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

5. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?

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