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

2. From what year was a diary entry discovered as having discussed the beginnings of projections?
(a) 1666.
(b) 1811.
(c) 1718.
(d) 1532.

3. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) Story.
(b) Studios
(c) Stars.
(d) Genres.

4. What did the formation of the Patent Company force theaters showing their films to do?
(a) Allow people to steal the original reels.
(b) Force women to sit in the shadows.
(c) Credit all films to the Patent Company.
(d) Pay taxes to the company.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When American films began to include sound (particularly dialogue), what sound effect uncomfortably highlighted the violence in most movies?

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

3. What percentage of the American film industry's gross profits came from Great Britain in the early years of the industry?

4. Filmmaker Jean Renoir was the son of what influential artist?

5. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?

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