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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. 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) The films became morality tales.
(b) Violence was removed.
(c) Women were not allowed behind the camera.
(d) Gangster films were banned.

2. What sort of films did Jean Cocteau create in France in the 1930s?
(a) Musicals.
(b) Surrealist.
(c) Suspense.
(d) Period dramas.

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

4. What studio did William Fox and Carl Laemmle eventually form?
(a) Universal.
(b) Paramount.
(c) Fox.
(d) MGM.

5. In what decade were silent films perfected?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1890s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?

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

3. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?

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

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

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