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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. What popular American film from the eighties was one of the most successful mixes of both animation and live action?
(a) "Fritz the Cat."
(b) "Cool World."
(c) "Ghostbusters."
(d) "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."

2. In what style did the French produce their films?
(a) Horror.
(b) Historical.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Tragedy.

3. In the seventies, upon what did German cinema begin to reflect?
(a) Sexuality in youth.
(b) Nazi era.
(c) Pop culture.
(d) Brechtian principles.

4. In what year was the Production Code revised in the decade following World War II?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1958.

5. What was France's main big screen hit in the 1970s?
(a) "Madame Bovary."
(b) "No Exit."
(c) "Les Liaisons Dangerouse."
(d) "La Cage aux Folles."

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?

2. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?

3. In England in the 1930s, what sociologist announced that films could be a powerful tool for social reform?

4. Hollywood, in the 2000s, began to focus on adaptations of comics books and _______.

5. What became the new standard screen ratio for films in the 1950s?

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