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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. As studios struggled to find the balance between pragmatism and idealism in the early decades of the Golden Age, which of the following people was not one of the great directors to innovate filmmaking in this period?
(a) John Ford.
(b) Ernst Lubitsch.
(c) Frank Capra.
(d) Max von Manderling.

2. In what style did the French produce their films?
(a) Horror.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Historical.

3. Which of the following comedians was not one of the silent film stars from the 1920s?
(a) Buster Keaton.
(b) Harold Lloyd.
(c) Lou Costello.
(d) Charlie Chaplin.

4. In what genre did RKO specialize during the Golden Age?
(a) Action.
(b) Musicals.
(c) Thrillers.
(d) Comedies.

5. In what era did early film begin to primarily grow?
(a) Silent Era.
(b) Moving Era.
(c) Golden Era.
(d) Nickelodean Era.

Short Answer Questions

1. What editor displayed the emotional impact of crowd scenes on film?

2. Through what did Jean Louis Meissonier project Muybridge's work?

3. What influenced the audience's desire for music and voices to be added to films?

4. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?

5. For what company did Griffith work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the differing situations in both Europe and America in the thirties ultimately influence the film industry?

2. How did the position of film producer become part of the filmmaking process?

3. 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?

4. How did the governor of California's commission for horse photography develop into Meissonier's project in creating the illusion of moving pictures?

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

6. In the early days of the film industry, how did Griffith and others begin making their films more appealing to widespread audiences?

7. Who were some of the great directors and their innovative storytelling techniques from Hollywood in the 1940s?

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

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

10. How did the Film D'Art come to be?

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