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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following comedians was not one of the silent film stars from the 1920s?
(a) Lou Costello.
(b) Harold Lloyd.
(c) Charlie Chaplin.
(d) Buster Keaton.

2. What sort of films did Jean Cocteau create in France in the 1930s?
(a) Musicals.
(b) Period dramas.
(c) Suspense.
(d) Surrealist.

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. 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) John Ford.
(c) Frank Capra.
(d) Ernst Lubitsch.

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

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

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

15. The Kinetoscope was developed by Thomas Edison and _______ _______.
(a) Norman Raff.
(b) Jean Louis Meissonier.
(c) Eadward Muybridge.
(d) William Dickson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of the biggest threats to the film industry in the 1930s?

2. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?

3. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?

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

5. What group was formed in 1908 with the intention to further develop the Kinetoscope technology?

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