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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Kinetoscope was developed by Thomas Edison and _______ _______.
(a) Jean Louis Meissonier.
(b) William Dickson.
(c) Eadward Muybridge.
(d) Norman Raff.

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

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

5. As studios struggled to find the balance between pragmatism and idealism in the early decades of the Golden Age, which of the following people was not one of the great directors to innovate filmmaking in this period?
(a) Frank Capra.
(b) Ernst Lubitsch.
(c) John Ford.
(d) Max von Manderling.

6. Which of the following comedians was not one of the silent film stars from the 1920s?
(a) Lou Costello.
(b) Harold Lloyd.
(c) Buster Keaton.
(d) Charlie Chaplin.

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

8. What percentage of the American film industry's gross profits came from Great Britain in the early years of the industry?
(a) 15.
(b) 40.
(c) 35.
(d) 20.

9. Which of the following was not one of the Little Three in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Universal.
(c) United Artists.
(d) RKO.

10. What group was formed in 1908 with the intention to further develop the Kinetoscope technology?
(a) Screen Actors Guild.
(b) American Federation of Television and Radio Actors.
(c) The Film D'Art.
(d) Actor's Equity.

11. During World War II, which director became known for his films that examined sex, greed, and the inherent sadism of humans?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) Billy Wilder.
(c) John Huston.
(d) Alfred Hitchcock.

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

13. For what company did Griffith work?
(a) Paramount.
(b) Biograph.
(c) Lamont.
(d) Fields Inc.

14. What editor displayed the emotional impact of crowd scenes on film?
(a) F.W. Murnau.
(b) Fritz Lang.
(c) Sergei Einstein.
(d) Lev Kulshov.

15. What technological breakthrough hurt the film industry in America?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Television.
(c) Telegraph.
(d) Radio.

Short Answer Questions

1. What aspect of the newly-heard dialogue in the Golden Age made audiences uneasy?

2. What did Meissonier's conversion of Muybridge's photographs create?

3. During the early days of World War II, why did Britain have trouble maintaining their film industry?

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

5. What influenced the audience's desire for music and voices to be added to films?

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