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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. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of American cinema in the 1980s?
(a) Government corruption.
(b) Militarism.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Money.

2. With country did the poetic realistic cinema flourish?
(a) Iran.
(b) Korea.
(c) Canada.
(d) Brazil.

3. Upon what did Irish films focus in the nineties?
(a) Bloody Sunday.
(b) Northern Ireland.
(c) The rise of Celtic music.
(d) Easter uprising.

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

5. By what year did "talkies" take over Hollywood?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Eastern European country became a strong force in the international film community in the sixties?

2. Filmmaker Jean Renoir was the son of what influential artist?

3. Although Europe's film industry struggled in the 1990s, what country fared the best?

4. In the seventies, upon what did German cinema begin to reflect?

5. What was the name of the cultural movement in Czechoslavakia during the sixties?

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