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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Harold Lloyd's trademark?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Dance.
(c) Hat.
(d) Laugh.

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

3. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) RKO.
(b) Universal.
(c) Warner Bros.
(d) Paramount.

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

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

6. In England in the 1930s, what sociologist announced that films could be a powerful tool for social reform?
(a) Alexander Korda.
(b) Orson Welles.
(c) Alfred Hitchcock.
(d) John Grierson.

7. During the early days of World War II, why did Britain have trouble maintaining their film industry?
(a) Funding.
(b) Denouncement of British films from Hitler.
(c) Bomb threats.
(d) Immigration.

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

9. What was Charlie Chaplin's film persona?
(a) The tramp.
(b) The baby.
(c) The ladies' man.
(d) The swashbuckler.

10. Why did the War Department in America ban some of the political movies made during World War II?
(a) Films from the War Department had been leaked to Hollywood.
(b) The government wanted to keep Americans ignorant of the war overseas.
(c) The filmmakers inadvertently gave away state secrets.
(d) The visuals were too realistic.

11. Which artist pushed the boundaries on sex and violence on film?
(a) Fritz Lang.
(b) Frida Kahlo.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Salvador Dali.

12. During the Golden Age, what now-famous aspects of films came from artists such as Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire?
(a) Sexual innuendo.
(b) Comedy duos.
(c) Dance numbers.
(d) Advanced lighting techniques.

13. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?
(a) Staged combat.
(b) Explosions.
(c) Polyvision.
(d) Framing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?

2. What early realization helped films develop both special effects and story lines?

3. In what era did early film begin to primarily grow?

4. Filmmaker Jean Renoir was the son of what influential artist?

5. How large was the tax on foreign film earning in Britain after World War II?

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