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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Gangster films were banned.
(c) Women were not allowed behind the camera.
(d) The films became morality tales.

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

6. In what era did early film begin to primarily grow?
(a) Moving Era.
(b) Golden Era.
(c) Silent Era.
(d) Nickelodean Era.

7. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?
(a) Rear projector.
(b) Zoetrope.
(c) Glass lantern.
(d) Rotoscope.

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

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

10. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) Studios
(b) Genres.
(c) Stars.
(d) Story.

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

12. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?
(a) Dancers.
(b) Singers.
(c) Shakespearean.
(d) Vaudeville.

13. During World War II, which director became known for his films that examined sex, greed, and the inherent sadism of humans?
(a) John Huston.
(b) Billy Wilder.
(c) Orson Welles.
(d) Alfred Hitchcock.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following comedians was not one of the silent film stars from the 1920s?

2. What percentage of the American film industry's gross profits came from Great Britain in the early years of the industry?

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

4. From what entertainment aspect did Orson Welles tap in order to innovate the ways films were made?

5. During the Golden Age, what now-famous aspects of films came from artists such as Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire?

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