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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 the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) Genres.
(b) Story.
(c) Stars.
(d) Studios

2. What was significant about cinema in education in the 1970s?
(a) Universities were mined for potential talent.
(b) Universities opened up their own production companies for the students.
(c) Universities began offering film courses.
(d) Films were used as a teaching aid.

3. What style of art influenced Alfred Hitchcock the most, particularly in his early work?
(a) Brechtian.
(b) Theater of the Absurd.
(c) Theater of Cruelty.
(d) Expressionism.

4. During the Golden Age, what now-famous aspects of films came from artists such as Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire?
(a) Comedy duos.
(b) Dance numbers.
(c) Sexual innuendo.
(d) Advanced lighting techniques.

5. Which of the directors did not flourish in the international and mainstream markets from the nineties?
(a) Guillermo Del Toro.
(b) Mira Nair.
(c) Jonathan Glazer.
(d) Gurinda Chada.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what were the greatest works of entertainment in Britain focused in the seventies?

2. During the early seventies in America cinema, which of the following was not one of the main themes explored?

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

4. Which continent dominated the international film market in the sixties?

5. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?

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