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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. 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.

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

3. What were the only restrictions placed on directors in the 1920s?
(a) They were not allowed to take a bigger cut of the movie's profits than the actors.
(b) They could only use one "star" at a time.
(c) They had to stay within their budget.
(d) They had to work subliminal advertising into their films.

4. When American films began to include sound (particularly dialogue), what sound effect uncomfortably highlighted the violence in most movies?
(a) Stabs.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Screams.
(d) Cannons.

5. From what entertainment aspect did Orson Welles tap in order to innovate the ways films were made?
(a) Music.
(b) Dance companies.
(c) Theater.
(d) Sound design.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the independent filmmakers head for California while the Patent Company existed?

2. The two main regions involved in film production before the move to California were New York and _________.

3. In the first several decades of the film industry, European films focused on the artists, while American films focused on the _______.

4. During the Golden Age, what now-famous aspects of films came from artists such as Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire?

5. How large was the tax on foreign film earning in Britain after World War II?

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