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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reasons did filmmakers simplify camera work in the 1980s?
(a) Several movie theaters shut down.
(b) Eastern European cinematographers influenced American filmmakers.
(c) They lost their technical budgets.
(d) They were shooting a film that would translate well onto televisions.

2. Which of the following men was not one of the major producers in the 1950s American film industry?
(a) Fred Zinnemann.
(b) Elia Kazan.
(c) Alfred Hitchcock.
(d) Billy Wilder.

3. For what reasons did Japanese films escape censorship from their government in their Golden Age?
(a) Japanese directors managed to film exclusively outside of their country.
(b) Japanese films dealt strictly in historical events.
(c) Japanese films were naturally conservative.
(d) Japanese films were veiled propaganda for the government.

4. Upon what were the greatest works of entertainment in Britain focused in the seventies?
(a) Television.
(b) Art galleries.
(c) Cinema.
(d) Theatre.

5. What was significant about the marketing tactics of the American film studios in the eighties?
(a) Youth was repeatedly pushed aside.
(b) Trailer editing rose as an art form.
(c) Patriotism was emphasized.
(d) Stars were marketed aggressively.

6. Post-World War II, who was Italy's most prominent director?
(a) Ingmar Bergman.
(b) Federico Fellini.
(c) Lorenzo Trattoria.
(d) Vittorio Rossellini.

7. What was the name of the period in England from 1963 to 1970?
(a) Sex Pistol's Penance.
(b) Overt Cockney.
(c) Angry Young Man movement.
(d) Swinging England.

8. Due to the obliteration of the Production Code in the sixties, what type of films became popular in the seventies?
(a) Blaxploitation.
(b) Horror.
(c) Experimental.
(d) Pornography.

9. Who was the comedic French director that rose to prominence in the 1950s?
(a) Vincente Augois.
(b) Luc Besson.
(c) Jacques Tati.
(d) Robert Bresson.

10. Which of the following directors was not one the greats in 1940s Italy?
(a) Cesare Zavattini.
(b) Vittorio de Sica.
(c) Vincent Minnelli.
(d) Roberto Rossellini.

11. As the studio system rose again in the 1980s, what area suffered?
(a) Musicals.
(b) Independent films.
(c) Theatre.
(d) Foreign films.

12. Which of of the following was not one of the associate companies of the commercial conglomerates that helped keep the American film industry from floundering in the sixties?
(a) Television.
(b) Theatrical.
(c) Publishing.
(d) Music.

13. Which continent dominated the international film market in the sixties?
(a) South America.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) North America.

14. In what year did the Production Code become obsolete?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1968.

15. What event in the sixties shifted the American film industry's focus?
(a) Death of Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) Deaths of the Kennedy brothers.
(d) Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. What style of acting became popular in films in the 1950s?

2. When Britain began to focus on literary and theatrical stage adaptations for their film industry in the years surrounding World War II, what renowned actor became particularly lauded for his work in this area?

3. Which of the following was not one of the experiments conducted by film studios in the 1950s in order to change the size of their screens?

4. How did the end of the Vietnam War affect the content of American films?

5. During the early seventies in America cinema, which of the following was not one of the main themes explored?

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