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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 film helped open up the world to the power of British filmmaking in the 1930s?
(a) "Rebecca."
(b) "Strangers on a Train."
(c) "The Once and Future King."
(d) "The Private Life of Henry VIII."

2. Which of the following comedians was not one of the silent film stars from the 1920s?
(a) Lou Costello.
(b) Buster Keaton.
(c) Charlie Chaplin.
(d) Harold Lloyd.

3. Why did the War Department in America ban some of the political movies made during World War II?
(a) The visuals were too realistic.
(b) The filmmakers inadvertently gave away state secrets.
(c) Films from the War Department had been leaked to Hollywood.
(d) The government wanted to keep Americans ignorant of the war overseas.

4. In England in the 1930s, what sociologist announced that films could be a powerful tool for social reform?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) John Grierson.
(c) Alexander Korda.
(d) Alfred Hitchcock.

5. Filmmaker Jean Renoir was the son of what influential artist?
(a) Jean Renoir I.
(b) Vincente Renoir.
(c) Pierre Auguste Renoir.
(d) Marcel LeFever Renoir.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was created in order to satisfy the demands of the Catholic Church (among others) in the 1930s?

2. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?

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

4. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?

5. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?

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