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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 were the primary goal's of German films after World War II?
(a) Asking other countries for help.
(b) Correcting Nazi propaganda.
(c) Entertainment for the masses.
(d) Promoting the country's worth.

2. What did Griffith as a director discover that elevated films from being more than technical achievements?
(a) Cinematography.
(b) Prohibition forced people into the theaters.
(c) Talented actors.
(d) Special effects and lighting.

3. What country nearly wiped out the French film industry after World War II?
(a) Italy.
(b) Britain.
(c) America.
(d) Germany.

4. 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?
(a) Television.
(b) Theatrical.
(c) Music.
(d) Publishing.

5. What political event helped shape American cinema in the 1970s?
(a) Watergate.
(b) The fall of the Berlin Wall.
(c) Ollie North's resignation.
(d) Kennedy assassination.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the social revolution of the sixties in America, how did Hollywood compensate for their budget cuts?

2. What group was formed in 1908 with the intention to further develop the Kinetoscope technology?

3. Which of the following men was not one of the major producers in the 1950s American film industry?

4. When American films began to include sound (particularly dialogue), what sound effect uncomfortably highlighted the violence in most movies?

5. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?

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