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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event in America caused studios to realize that the movie-going public needed entertainment over grim realism?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Great Depression.
(c) World War II.
(d) Prohibition.

2. Why did the War Department in America ban some of the political movies made during World War II?
(a) The visuals were too realistic.
(b) The government wanted to keep Americans ignorant of the war overseas.
(c) The filmmakers inadvertently gave away state secrets.
(d) Films from the War Department had been leaked to Hollywood.

3. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) Universal.
(b) RKO.
(c) Warner Bros.
(d) Paramount.

4. What style of art influenced Alfred Hitchcock the most, particularly in his early work?
(a) Theater of Cruelty.
(b) Brechtian.
(c) Theater of the Absurd.
(d) Expressionism.

5. For what company did Griffith work?
(a) Fields Inc.
(b) Lamont.
(c) Paramount.
(d) Biograph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the standard amount of time devoted to creating a picture during David Wark Griffith's development of film?

2. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?

3. Why did the independent filmmakers head for California while the Patent Company existed?

4. After what major event did film gain popularity in the USSR?

5. The two main regions involved in film production before the move to California were New York and _________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to the mass migration of film production from New York and New Jersey to California?

2. Discuss the innovative techniques developed by Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Cocteau, and Jean Renoir.

3. How did studios cater to the audience's wishes in the Golden Age of the Studio.

4. What were the differences between early films from the United States and Europe?

5. How did the House of Un-American Activities Committee bring Hollywood's booming economy and artistic success to a screeching halt in the late forties?

6. Who were some of the great entertainers that emerged from the talkies in the early years of the film industry that helped revitalize the audience's flagging interest and why?

7. Aside from the Kinetoscope, what were some early advances in technology that led to the creation of the moving picture?

8. What were some of the themes explored in both French and Spanish films?

9. How did Hollywood join the war effort in the forties?

10. Why did so many artists leave Europe in the thirties and how did this effect the film industry?

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