1. As the studios bowed to pressure from outside groups during the Golden Age, what was one of the effects seen on the gangster movies?
(a) Women were not allowed behind the camera.
(b) The films became morality tales.
(c) Violence was removed.
(d) Gangster films were banned.

2. What were the only restrictions placed on directors in the 1920s?
(a) They had to work subliminal advertising into their films.
(b) They could only use one "star" at a time.
(c) They had to stay within their budget.
(d) They were not allowed to take a bigger cut of the movie's profits than the actors.

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

4. Post-World War II, who was Italy's most prominent director?
(a) Federico Fellini.
(b) Lorenzo Trattoria.
(c) Ingmar Bergman.
(d) Vittorio Rossellini.

5. In what decade were silent films perfected?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1910s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of of the following was not one of the associate companies of the commercial conglomerates that helped keep the American film industry from floundering in the sixties?

2. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?

3. What sort of films did Jean Cocteau create in France in the 1930s?

4. Which European country's film industry was the most devastated after World War II?

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

(see the answer key)

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