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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Flashback: A Brief History of Film Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the other term for the Angry Young Man movement?
(a) Kitchen Sink realism.
(b) Uprising Cockney.
(c) Pinter Pause realism.
(d) Chekhovian absurdity.

3. During World War II, which director became known for his films that examined sex, greed, and the inherent sadism of humans?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) Billy Wilder.
(d) John Huston.

4. Which decade is considered the beginning of Japan's Golden Age in cinema?
(a) The forties.
(b) The sixites.
(c) The fifties.
(d) The seventies.

5. What became the focus of American cinema in the seventies?
(a) Plot.
(b) Music as a story-telling device.
(c) Character development.
(d) Historical accuracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what entertainment aspect did Orson Welles tap in order to innovate the ways films were made?

2. What was significant about the economy in American films during the early to mid-eighties?

3. Who was the director of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," a huge, international success in the nineties?

4. Which of the following was not one of the dominating, mainstream directors in American cinema in the 1990s?

5. Which of the following was not one of the experiments conducted by film studios in the 1950s in order to change the size of their screens?

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