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

2. What percentage of the American film industry's gross profits came from Great Britain in the early years of the industry?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

3. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1911.

4. In what era did early film begin to primarily grow?
(a) Silent Era.
(b) Moving Era.
(c) Nickelodean Era.
(d) Golden Era.

5. What sort of documentaries dominated the filmmaking business in America in the 1940s?
(a) War.
(b) Religious.
(c) Actor's biographies.
(d) Travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist pushed the boundaries on sex and violence on film?

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

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

4. Filmmaker Jean Renoir was the son of what influential artist?

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

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