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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 was not one of the major national movements in America during the 1970s?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Marxism.
(c) Populism.
(d) Nationalism.

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

3. During Japan's Golden Age in cinema, what country, previously considered a strong force in cinema, began to decline?
(a) France.
(b) Britain.
(c) Sweden.
(d) United States.

4. In the seventies, upon what did German cinema begin to reflect?
(a) Pop culture.
(b) Brechtian principles.
(c) Sexuality in youth.
(d) Nazi era.

5. What genre of film became particularly popular in the early seventies?
(a) Horror.
(b) Blaxploitation.
(c) Grindhouse.
(d) Screwball comedy.

6. What is the other term for the Angry Young Man movement?
(a) Pinter Pause realism.
(b) Chekhovian absurdity.
(c) Uprising Cockney.
(d) Kitchen Sink realism.

7. From what country did director Ingmar Bergman come?
(a) Italy.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Norway.
(d) Germany.

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

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

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

11. Who revolutionized the way films were shot on-location through such "studios on wheels" such as the Cinemobile Mark IV?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) David Lynch.
(c) Fouad Said.
(d) Ingmar Bergman.

12. What movement is credited with the influx of women in positions of power in the film industry?
(a) Immigration rights.
(b) Civil rights.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Anti-censorship lobbying.

13. 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 declined.
(d) Attendance rose.

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

15. What became the new standard screen ratio for films in the 1950s?
(a) 16 to 3.
(b) 1.85 to 1.
(c) 21 to 5.
(d) 2.15 to 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to the obliteration of the Production Code in the sixties, what type of films became popular in the seventies?

2. What political event helped shape American cinema in the 1970s?

3. What British comedy troupe had a cinematic bright spot for their country's struggling film industry?

4. What hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?

5. Which Eastern European country became a strong force in the international film community in the sixties?

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