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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 was the main focus in French cinema in the seventies?
(a) Plot.
(b) Characters.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Mood.

2. During the early days of World War II, why did Britain have trouble maintaining their film industry?
(a) Denouncement of British films from Hitler.
(b) Funding.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Bomb threats.

3. What was France's main big screen hit in the 1970s?
(a) "La Cage aux Folles."
(b) "No Exit."
(c) "Les Liaisons Dangerouse."
(d) "Madame Bovary."

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

5. What genre of film became particularly popular in the early seventies?
(a) Horror.
(b) Blaxploitation.
(c) Grindhouse.
(d) Screwball comedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?

2. What editor displayed the emotional impact of crowd scenes on film?

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

4. What was the focus of Russian documentaries after World War II, as ordered by Stalin?

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

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