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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of the newly-heard dialogue in the Golden Age made audiences uneasy?
(a) The political aspects.
(b) Sexual innuendo.
(c) The accents of foreign stars.
(d) The strange voices of previously-silent stars.

2. What studio did William Fox and Carl Laemmle eventually form?
(a) Paramount.
(b) Universal.
(c) MGM.
(d) Fox.

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

4. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1911.

5. What fear arose about an audience's viewing experience as films grew longer?
(a) They would dislike the actors.
(b) They would demand their money back.
(c) It would be harder to follow the plot.
(d) They would start getting bored.

6. As the studios bowed to pressure from outside groups during the Golden Age, what was one of the effects seen on the gangster movies?
(a) Gangster films were banned.
(b) The films became morality tales.
(c) Women were not allowed behind the camera.
(d) Violence was removed.

7. When American films began to include sound (particularly dialogue), what sound effect uncomfortably highlighted the violence in most movies?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Screams.
(d) Stabs.

8. What film helped open up the world to the power of British filmmaking in the 1930s?
(a) "The Private Life of Henry VIII."
(b) "The Once and Future King."
(c) "Rebecca."
(d) "Strangers on a Train."

9. How large was the tax on foreign film earning in Britain after World War II?
(a) 65%.
(b) 55%.
(c) 45%.
(d) 75%.

10. From what year was a diary entry discovered as having discussed the beginnings of projections?
(a) 1718.
(b) 1532.
(c) 1811.
(d) 1666.

11. In 1947, what did the House of Un-American Activities Committee began to investigate?
(a) Communism.
(b) Nazi spies.
(c) Labor laws.
(d) The roles of minorities in film.

12. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?
(a) The actors all had scandalous lives.
(b) The audiences did not need to follow a plot.
(c) The tabloid era had begun.
(d) The stories were presented in serial format.

13. In what era did early film begin to primarily grow?
(a) Golden Era.
(b) Nickelodean Era.
(c) Silent Era.
(d) Moving Era.

14. What comedy team became popular (and necessary) during the studio's push for pure entertainment in the earlier decades of the Golden Age?
(a) Laurel and Hardy.
(b) Abbott and Costello.
(c) Marx Brothers.
(d) Wilber and Woolsley.

15. What was created in order to satisfy the demands of the Catholic Church (among others) in the 1930s?
(a) Hayes Code.
(b) Production Code.
(c) Decency Council.
(d) MPAA.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Kinetoscope was developed by Thomas Edison and _______ _______.

4. For what company did Griffith work?

5. For what reason did many great artists leave Europe for America in the 1930s?

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