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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 America during the late 1960s, what was the general mood of the youth?
(a) Anti-establishment.
(b) Conscientious objectors.
(c) Pro-government.
(d) Severe ennui.

2. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?
(a) William Dickson.
(b) Jean Louis Meissonier.
(c) Norman Raff.
(d) Eadward Muybridge.

3. As the studio system rose again in the 1980s, what area suffered?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Musicals.
(c) Independent films.
(d) Foreign films.

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

5. Due to the cinema's reflection of the American public's distrust of the government, what began to happen to the movie theater?
(a) Attendance rose.
(b) Theaters became segregated.
(c) Attendance declined.
(d) Security had to be enforced in the theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?

2. Which decade is considered the beginning of Japan's Golden Age in cinema?

3. Which of the following was not one of the most popular genres to emerge from Japan's film industry?

4. Who replaced Czechoslovakia's government, obliterating their film industry?

5. In 1947, what did the House of Un-American Activities Committee began to investigate?

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