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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Ernst Lubitsch.
(b) Max von Manderling.
(c) John Ford.
(d) Frank Capra.

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

4. 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) Wilber and Woolsley.
(c) Marx Brothers.
(d) Abbott and Costello.

5. From what entertainment aspect did Orson Welles tap in order to innovate the ways films were made?
(a) Dance companies.
(b) Sound design.
(c) Theater.
(d) Music.

6. After what major event did film gain popularity in the USSR?
(a) World War II.
(b) Death of Rasputin.
(c) World War I.
(d) Russian Revolution.

7. As the studios bowed to pressure from outside groups during the Golden Age, what was one of the effects seen on the gangster movies?
(a) Violence was removed.
(b) The films became morality tales.
(c) Gangster films were banned.
(d) Women were not allowed behind the camera.

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

9. Which company became renowned for their animation in the early years of World War II?
(a) RKO.
(b) Warner Bros.
(c) MGM.
(d) Disney.

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

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

12. Why did the independent filmmakers head for California while the Patent Company existed?
(a) A wealth of talent was discovered in California.
(b) They were not legally allowed to make films without the Patent Company.
(c) Griffith held a grudge against Laemmle.
(d) California promised the filmmakers they could work without taxes.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?

2. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?

3. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?

4. From what year was a diary entry discovered as having discussed the beginnings of projections?

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

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