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

2. How large was the tax on foreign film earning in Britain after World War II?
(a) 65%.
(b) 55%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 45%.

3. Why did the independent filmmakers head for California while the Patent Company existed?
(a) A wealth of talent was discovered in California.
(b) California promised the filmmakers they could work without taxes.
(c) They were not legally allowed to make films without the Patent Company.
(d) Griffith held a grudge against Laemmle.

4. What style of art influenced Alfred Hitchcock the most, particularly in his early work?
(a) Brechtian.
(b) Theater of Cruelty.
(c) Theater of the Absurd.
(d) Expressionism.

5. In what style did the French produce their films?
(a) Historical.
(b) Horror.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Tragedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. During World War II, which director became known for his films that examined sex, greed, and the inherent sadism of humans?

2. Which director, during America in the 1940s, became renowned for film adaptations of literature?

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

4. What event in America caused studios to realize that the movie-going public needed entertainment over grim realism?

5. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?

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