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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 influenced the audience's desire for music and voices to be added to films?
(a) Radio.
(b) The terrible quality of the live music provided for the film.
(c) Stage.
(d) Charlie Chaplin's singing voice.

2. When Britain began to focus on literary and theatrical stage adaptations for their film industry in the years surrounding World War II, what renowned actor became particularly lauded for his work in this area?
(a) Laurence Olivier.
(b) Orson Welles.
(c) Alfred Hitchcock.
(d) Peter Sellers.

3. During the early days of World War II, why did Britain have trouble maintaining their film industry?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Bomb threats.
(c) Funding.
(d) Denouncement of British films from Hitler.

4. The two main regions involved in film production before the move to California were New York and _________.
(a) Maine.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Pennsylvania.

5. By what year did "talkies" take over Hollywood?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1932.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Italian director Luchino Visconti's title in his home country?

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

3. Why did 1950s allow independent filmmakers in America to practice their craft more openly?

4. Which director, during America in the 1940s, became renowned for film adaptations of literature?

5. From what year was a diary entry discovered as having discussed the beginnings of projections?

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