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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. In England in the 1930s, what sociologist announced that films could be a powerful tool for social reform?
(a) Alexander Korda.
(b) John Grierson.
(c) Orson Welles.
(d) Alfred Hitchcock.

2. In what year did the stock market crash in America, causing film investors to pull out of Hollywood?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1990.

3. Which director, during America in the 1940s, became renowned for film adaptations of literature?
(a) John Huston.
(b) Billy Wilder.
(c) Orson Welles.
(d) Preston Sturges.

4. 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) Sociological value.
(c) Story.
(d) Entertainment.

5. The Kinetoscope was developed by Thomas Edison and _______ _______.
(a) Jean Louis Meissonier.
(b) William Dickson.
(c) Eadward Muybridge.
(d) Norman Raff.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words can be used to describe the films that were produced during the early years of the Golden Age?

2. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?

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

4. What was the main focus in French cinema in the seventies?

5. What political event helped shape American cinema in the 1970s?

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