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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event in America caused studios to realize that the movie-going public needed entertainment over grim realism?
(a) The Great Depression.
(b) Prohibition.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

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

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

4. The two main regions involved in film production before the move to California were New York and _________.
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Maine.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Vermont.

5. In what genre did RKO specialize during the Golden Age?
(a) Musicals.
(b) Comedies.
(c) Action.
(d) Thrillers.

6. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?
(a) Fritz Lang.
(b) Leni Reifenstahl.
(c) F.W. Murnau.
(d) Max Ophuls.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What did Meissonier's conversion of Muybridge's photographs create?
(a) A live-action special effects device.
(b) A sound machine.
(c) An illusion of movement.
(d) A projector.

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

14. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?
(a) Eadward Muybridge.
(b) William Dickson.
(c) Jean Louis Meissonier.
(d) Norman Raff.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what style did the French produce their films?

2. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?

3. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?

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

5. During World War II, which director became known for his films that examined sex, greed, and the inherent sadism of humans?

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