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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following directors was not one the greats in 1940s Italy?
(a) Roberto Rossellini.
(b) Vincent Minnelli.
(c) Vittorio de Sica.
(d) Cesare Zavattini.

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

4. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?
(a) Rotoscope.
(b) Zoetrope.
(c) Glass lantern.
(d) Rear projector.

5. What was the name of the cultural movement in Czechoslavakia during the sixties?
(a) Neo-Classical Revenge.
(b) Long-Haired Freaks.
(c) Kafka's Moment.
(d) Prague Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Production Code become obsolete?

2. Due to the obliteration of the Production Code in the sixties, what type of films became popular in the seventies?

3. Who was the comedic French director that rose to prominence in the 1950s?

4. In America during the late 1960s, what was the general mood of the youth?

5. In England in the 1930s, what sociologist announced that films could be a powerful tool for social reform?

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