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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 European country's film industry was the most devastated after World War II?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Greece.

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

3. Which director, during America in the 1940s, became renowned for film adaptations of literature?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) John Huston.
(c) Preston Sturges.
(d) Billy Wilder.

4. Which of the following was not one of the most popular genres to emerge from Japan's film industry?
(a) Historical romance.
(b) Animation.
(c) Samurai films.
(d) Science fiction.

5. For what reasons did the Latin American film industry thrive around the new millennium?
(a) The rise of South America in international politics.
(b) Democratically-elected governments.
(c) Tourist trade.
(d) American and European filmmakers' promotion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which artist pushed the boundaries on sex and violence on film?

3. In 1947, what did the House of Un-American Activities Committee began to investigate?

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

5. Which of the following words can be used to describe the films that were produced during the early years of the Golden Age?

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