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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 sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?
(a) Singers.
(b) Vaudeville.
(c) Shakespearean.
(d) Dancers.

2. In the first several decades of the film industry, European films focused on the artists, while American films focused on the _______.
(a) Political statements.
(b) Story.
(c) Sociological value.
(d) Entertainment.

3. What hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?
(a) Women's liberation.
(b) Communists.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Nazis.

4. After what major event did film gain popularity in the USSR?
(a) Russian Revolution.
(b) World War I.
(c) Death of Rasputin.
(d) World War II.

5. What early realization helped films develop both special effects and story lines?
(a) Filming the weather was not intriguing enough for audiences.
(b) Reels could be cut together.
(c) Cameras could be operated by one man.
(d) The films should be longer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style of acting became popular in films in the 1950s?

2. What sort of documentaries dominated the filmmaking business in America in the 1940s?

3. During the World War II, what types of films did the governments in Europe support?

4. Which of of the following was not one of the associate companies of the commercial conglomerates that helped keep the American film industry from floundering in the sixties?

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

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