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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What film helped open up the world to the power of British filmmaking in the 1930s?
(a) "The Private Life of Henry VIII."
(b) "Strangers on a Train."
(c) "Rebecca."
(d) "The Once and Future King."

2. For what company did Griffith work?
(a) Fields Inc.
(b) Biograph.
(c) Paramount.
(d) Lamont.

3. For what reasons did Japanese films escape censorship from their government in their Golden Age?
(a) Japanese films were veiled propaganda for the government.
(b) Japanese films dealt strictly in historical events.
(c) Japanese films were naturally conservative.
(d) Japanese directors managed to film exclusively outside of their country.

4. What event in America caused studios to realize that the movie-going public needed entertainment over grim realism?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) Prohibition.
(d) The Great Depression.

5. What was created in order to satisfy the demands of the Catholic Church (among others) in the 1930s?
(a) MPAA.
(b) Hayes Code.
(c) Decency Council.
(d) Production Code.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technological breakthrough hurt the film industry in America?

2. What country nearly wiped out the French film industry after World War II?

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

4. What became the new standard screen ratio for films in the 1950s?

5. What influenced the audience's desire for music and voices to be added to films?

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