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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. 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) Films from the War Department had been leaked to Hollywood.
(c) The filmmakers inadvertently gave away state secrets.
(d) The government wanted to keep Americans ignorant of the war overseas.

2. What technological advance helped revolutionize cinema and the film-going experience?
(a) Videocassettes.
(b) IMax.
(c) 3D.
(d) Surround sound.

3. For what reason did many great artists leave Europe for America in the 1930s?
(a) The studios lured them to America.
(b) Political exiling.
(c) Low production values.
(d) Nazi persecution.

4. From what year was a diary entry discovered as having discussed the beginnings of projections?
(a) 1532.
(b) 1666.
(c) 1718.
(d) 1811.

5. What technological breakthrough hurt the film industry in America?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Telegraph.
(c) Television.
(d) Radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?

2. Which Eastern European country became a strong force in the international film community in the sixties?

3. What was Harold Lloyd's trademark?

4. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?

5. What were the only restrictions placed on directors in the 1920s?

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