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

2. What comedy team became popular (and necessary) during the studio's push for pure entertainment in the earlier decades of the Golden Age?
(a) Laurel and Hardy.
(b) Marx Brothers.
(c) Abbott and Costello.
(d) Wilber and Woolsley.

3. As the studios bowed to pressure from outside groups during the Golden Age, what was one of the effects seen on the gangster movies?
(a) Women were not allowed behind the camera.
(b) Violence was removed.
(c) Gangster films were banned.
(d) The films became morality tales.

4. Which director, during America in the 1940s, became renowned for film adaptations of literature?
(a) Billy Wilder.
(b) Orson Welles.
(c) John Huston.
(d) Preston Sturges.

5. Which artist pushed the boundaries on sex and violence on film?
(a) Salvador Dali.
(b) Fritz Lang.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Frida Kahlo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?

3. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?

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

5. What early realization helped films develop both special effects and story lines?

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