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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. In what style did the French produce their films?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Horror.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Historical.
2. What did Meissonier's conversion of Muybridge's photographs create?
(a) A live-action special effects device.
(b) A projector.
(c) An illusion of movement.
(d) A sound machine.
3. Why did the independent filmmakers head for California while the Patent Company existed?
(a) Griffith held a grudge against Laemmle.
(b) They were not legally allowed to make films without the Patent Company.
(c) A wealth of talent was discovered in California.
(d) California promised the filmmakers they could work without taxes.
4. What editor displayed the emotional impact of crowd scenes on film?
(a) F.W. Murnau.
(b) Sergei Einstein.
(c) Lev Kulshov.
(d) Fritz Lang.
5. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?
(a) F.W. Murnau.
(b) Orson Welles.
(c) Thomas Edison.
(d) Eli Whitney.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?
2. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?
3. What was Harry Langdon's film persona?
4. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?
5. From what entertainment aspect did Orson Welles tap in order to innovate the ways films were made?
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