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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. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?
(a) Zoetrope.
(b) Rotoscope.
(c) Glass lantern.
(d) Rear projector.

2. How did films from the Third World go about crossing the language barrier for international audiences?
(a) Dubbing.
(b) Scripts were handed out at movie premieres.
(c) Silent movie tactics were employed.
(d) Subtitles.

3. What British comedy troupe had a cinematic bright spot for their country's struggling film industry?
(a) Monty Python's Flying Circus.
(b) Kids in the Hall.
(c) Are You Being Served?
(d) Absolutely Fabulous.

4. What French documentary from the 1980s dealt with the Holocaust?
(a) "Au Revoir, Paris."
(b) "Shoa."
(c) "Zappatos."
(d) "Les Monstrous."

5. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?
(a) Thomas Edison.
(b) F.W. Murnau.
(c) Orson Welles.
(d) Eli Whitney.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the primary goal's of German films after World War II?

3. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?

4. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?

5. In what year did the stock market crash in America, causing film investors to pull out of Hollywood?

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