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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 genre did RKO specialize during the Golden Age?
(a) Action.
(b) Thrillers.
(c) Comedies.
(d) Musicals.

2. With what film technique did European filmmakers begin experimenting?
(a) Sound.
(b) Special effects.
(c) Editing.
(d) Cinematography.

3. What sort of films did Jean Cocteau create in France in the 1930s?
(a) Musicals.
(b) Suspense.
(c) Surrealist.
(d) Period dramas.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the Golden Age, what part of the film was frequently lost in favor of the star performer's special skills?

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

4. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?

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

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