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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 was the name of France's sudden revitalization in their film industry in the 1950s?
(a) Golden Era.
(b) Film du Prince.
(c) New Wave.
(d) Cinema Noir.

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

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

4. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?
(a) F.W. Murnau.
(b) Lev Kuleshov.
(c) Fritz Lang.
(d) Enst Lubitsch.

5. What fear arose about an audience's viewing experience as films grew longer?
(a) They would dislike the actors.
(b) It would be harder to follow the plot.
(c) They would demand their money back.
(d) They would start getting bored.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what era did early film begin to primarily grow?

2. What hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?

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

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

5. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?

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