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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following was not one of the most respected Japanese directors from the post-World War II era?
(a) Akira Kurosawa.
(b) Kenji Mizoguchi.
(c) Toshiro Mifune.
(d) Yasujiro Ozu.

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. What were the primary goal's of German films after World War II?
(a) Entertainment for the masses.
(b) Correcting Nazi propaganda.
(c) Asking other countries for help.
(d) Promoting the country's worth.

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

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

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

8. What was the name of France's sudden revitalization in their film industry in the 1950s?
(a) New Wave.
(b) Golden Era.
(c) Cinema Noir.
(d) Film du Prince.

9. What country nearly wiped out the French film industry after World War II?
(a) Italy.
(b) America.
(c) Germany.
(d) Britain.

10. What British comedy troupe had a cinematic bright spot for their country's struggling film industry?
(a) Monty Python's Flying Circus.
(b) Kids in the Hall.
(c) Absolutely Fabulous.
(d) Are You Being Served?

11. What was France's main big screen hit in the 1970s?
(a) "Les Liaisons Dangerouse."
(b) "Madame Bovary."
(c) "No Exit."
(d) "La Cage aux Folles."

12. In France's New Wave, filmmakers experimented with mixing _____.
(a) Location shoots.
(b) Languages.
(c) Scripts.
(d) Genres.

13. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of American cinema in the 1980s?
(a) Money.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Militarism.
(d) Government corruption.

14. What political event helped shape American cinema in the 1970s?
(a) The fall of the Berlin Wall.
(b) Ollie North's resignation.
(c) Kennedy assassination.
(d) Watergate.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the other term for the Angry Young Man movement?

3. Why did 1950s allow independent filmmakers in America to practice their craft more openly?

4. During the 1960s in Hollywood, what was the main focus in the industry's mainstream films?

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

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