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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What influenced the audience's desire for music and voices to be added to films?
(a) Stage.
(b) Radio.
(c) The terrible quality of the live music provided for the film.
(d) Charlie Chaplin's singing voice.

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

5. What early realization helped films develop both special effects and story lines?
(a) Filming the weather was not intriguing enough for audiences.
(b) Reels could be cut together.
(c) Cameras could be operated by one man.
(d) The films should be longer.

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

7. During the Golden Age, what part of the film was frequently lost in favor of the star performer's special skills?
(a) Story.
(b) Music.
(c) Cinematographer.
(d) Lighting.

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

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

10. 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) Wilber and Woolsley.
(d) Marx Brothers.

11. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?
(a) Cat.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Horse.
(d) Dog.

12. What did the formation of the Patent Company force theaters showing their films to do?
(a) Allow people to steal the original reels.
(b) Pay taxes to the company.
(c) Credit all films to the Patent Company.
(d) Force women to sit in the shadows.

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

14. What were the only restrictions placed on directors in the 1920s?
(a) They were not allowed to take a bigger cut of the movie's profits than the actors.
(b) They had to work subliminal advertising into their films.
(c) They had to stay within their budget.
(d) They could only use one "star" at a time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?

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

3. Which director, during America in the 1940s, became renowned for film adaptations of literature?

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

5. In what decade were silent films perfected?

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