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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 became the new standard screen ratio for films in the 1950s?
(a) 2.15 to 1.
(b) 21 to 5.
(c) 1.85 to 1.
(d) 16 to 3.

2. Who revolutionized the way films were shot on-location through such "studios on wheels" such as the Cinemobile Mark IV?
(a) Ingmar Bergman.
(b) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) Fouad Said.
(d) David Lynch.

3. What event in the sixties shifted the American film industry's focus?
(a) Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) Deaths of the Kennedy brothers.
(d) Death of Marilyn Monroe.

4. 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) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) Orson Welles.
(d) Peter Sellers.

5. Why did the War Department in America ban some of the political movies made during World War II?
(a) The visuals were too realistic.
(b) The filmmakers inadvertently gave away state secrets.
(c) The government wanted to keep Americans ignorant of the war overseas.
(d) Films from the War Department had been leaked to Hollywood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?

2. What percentage of the American film industry's gross profits came from Great Britain in the early years of the industry?

3. In what year was the Production Code revised in the decade following World War II?

4. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?

5. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?

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