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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did the end of the Vietnam War affect the content of American films?
(a) Audience attendance in movie theaters declined, allowing the industry to experiment more.
(b) Audiences demanded more widespread diversity within the industry.
(c) Audiences began to look more for "traditional values" again.
(d) Audiences demanded less censorship.

3. What style of acting became popular in films in the 1950s?
(a) Chekhovian.
(b) Meisner.
(c) Brechtian.
(d) Method.

4. In what year was the Production Code revised in the decade following World War II?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1956.

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

6. During the World War II, what types of films did the governments in Europe support?
(a) Historical dramas.
(b) Sweeping epics.
(c) Escapist comedies.
(d) Propaganda.

7. What technological advance helped revolutionize cinema and the film-going experience?
(a) 3D.
(b) Videocassettes.
(c) Surround sound.
(d) IMax.

8. What was significant about the economy in American films during the early to mid-eighties?
(a) Foreign investors took an interest and guaranteed massive kick-backs.
(b) Heavy financial losses.
(c) Massive financial gains.
(d) Several loans were received from the government.

9. What was significant about cinema in education in the 1970s?
(a) Universities were mined for potential talent.
(b) Films were used as a teaching aid.
(c) Universities began offering film courses.
(d) Universities opened up their own production companies for the students.

10. What was the name of the cultural movement in Czechoslavakia during the sixties?
(a) Neo-Classical Revenge.
(b) Kafka's Moment.
(c) Prague Spring.
(d) Long-Haired Freaks.

11. What was the focus of Russian documentaries after World War II, as ordered by Stalin?
(a) Sweeping epics.
(b) Historical dramas.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Russian nationalism.

12. During the early seventies in America cinema, which of the following was not one of the main themes explored?
(a) Sexual identities.
(b) Corruption in public institutions.
(c) Racism.
(d) Religious iconography.

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

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

15. Due to the cinema's reflection of the American public's distrust of the government, what began to happen to the movie theater?
(a) Theaters became segregated.
(b) Security had to be enforced in the theater.
(c) Attendance rose.
(d) Attendance declined.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Italian director Luchino Visconti's title in his home country?

2. In the seventies, upon what did German cinema begin to reflect?

3. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?

4. Which of the following was not one of the major national movements in America during the 1970s?

5. During Japan's Golden Age in cinema, what country, previously considered a strong force in cinema, began to decline?

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