View a FREE sample

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

2. After what major event did film gain popularity in the USSR?
(a) World War II.
(b) Death of Rasputin.
(c) World War I.
(d) Russian Revolution.

3. What group was formed in 1908 with the intention to further develop the Kinetoscope technology?
(a) Actor's Equity.
(b) American Federation of Television and Radio Actors.
(c) Screen Actors Guild.
(d) The Film D'Art.

4. During the Golden Age, what now-famous aspects of films came from artists such as Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire?
(a) Advanced lighting techniques.
(b) Sexual innuendo.
(c) Comedy duos.
(d) Dance numbers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?

2. As the studios bowed to pressure from outside groups during the Golden Age, what was one of the effects seen on the gangster movies?

3. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?

4. What comedy team became popular (and necessary) during the studio's push for pure entertainment in the earlier decades of the Golden Age?

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 283 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample