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

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

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

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

6. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?
(a) Funding.
(b) Freedom of movement to find new locations.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Jewish artists.

7. What was one of the biggest threats to the film industry in the 1930s?
(a) Salaries.
(b) Filming on location.
(c) The war.
(d) Censorship.

8. 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 stay within their budget.
(c) They had to work subliminal advertising into their films.
(d) They could only use one "star" at a time.

9. What did Griffith as a director discover that elevated films from being more than technical achievements?
(a) Special effects and lighting.
(b) Talented actors.
(c) Cinematography.
(d) Prohibition forced people into the theaters.

10. Filmmaker Jean Renoir was the son of what influential artist?
(a) Pierre Auguste Renoir.
(b) Jean Renoir I.
(c) Marcel LeFever Renoir.
(d) Vincente Renoir.

11. For what reason did many great artists leave Europe for America in the 1930s?
(a) Political exiling.
(b) The studios lured them to America.
(c) Nazi persecution.
(d) Low production values.

12. What style of art influenced Alfred Hitchcock the most, particularly in his early work?
(a) Theater of the Absurd.
(b) Theater of Cruelty.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Brechtian.

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

14. What was the standard amount of time devoted to creating a picture during David Wark Griffith's development of film?
(a) One year.
(b) One day.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

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