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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In America during the late 1960s, what was the general mood of the youth?
(a) Conscientious objectors.
(b) Severe ennui.
(c) Pro-government.
(d) Anti-establishment.

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

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

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

6. What was Italian director Luchino Visconti's title in his home country?
(a) The Baron of Sicily.
(b) The Baron of Venice.
(c) The Duke of Conti.
(d) The Duke of Modrone.

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

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

9. What declined per America's changing tastes and desire for more sophisticated films in the 1950s?
(a) Star power.
(b) Story lines.
(c) Independent films.
(d) Studios.

10. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?
(a) 75%.
(b) 55%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 85%.

11. Which European country's film industry was the most devastated after World War II?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Greece.
(d) Italy.

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

13. What was the focus of Italy's films in the years around World War II?
(a) Theatrical adaptations.
(b) Neo-realism.
(c) Epics.
(d) Expressionism.

14. Who was the top female filmmaker in Italy from the seventies?
(a) Valeria Patroni.
(b) Lena Wertmuller.
(c) Diane Kurys.
(d) Lucia de Talita.

15. What became the focus of American cinema in the seventies?
(a) Historical accuracy.
(b) Plot.
(c) Music as a story-telling device.
(d) Character development.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the World War II, what types of films did the governments in Europe support?

2. In what year was the Production Code revised in the decade following World War II?

3. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of American cinema in the 1980s?

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

5. What popular American film from the eighties was one of the most successful mixes of both animation and live action?

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