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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 declined per America's changing tastes and desire for more sophisticated films in the 1950s?
(a) Studios.
(b) Star power.
(c) Independent films.
(d) Story lines.

2. During the World War II, what types of films did the governments in Europe support?
(a) Escapist comedies.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Historical dramas.
(d) Sweeping epics.

3. What was the focus of Italy's films in the years around World War II?
(a) Theatrical adaptations.
(b) Neo-realism.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Epics.

4. What film helped open up the world to the power of British filmmaking in the 1930s?
(a) "The Private Life of Henry VIII."
(b) "The Once and Future King."
(c) "Rebecca."
(d) "Strangers on a Train."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?

2. What was France's main big screen hit in the 1970s?

3. Which of the following was not one of the experiments conducted by film studios in the 1950s in order to change the size of their screens?

4. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?

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

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