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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. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?
(a) Funding.
(b) Freedom of speech.
(c) Freedom of movement to find new locations.
(d) Jewish artists.

2. What sort of films did Jean Cocteau create in France in the 1930s?
(a) Surrealist.
(b) Suspense.
(c) Musicals.
(d) Period dramas.

3. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?
(a) Polyvision.
(b) Explosions.
(c) Framing.
(d) Staged combat.

4. During World War II, which director became known for his films that examined sex, greed, and the inherent sadism of humans?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) Alfred Hitchcock.
(c) John Huston.
(d) Billy Wilder.

5. What sort of documentaries dominated the filmmaking business in America in the 1940s?
(a) Religious.
(b) Actor's biographies.
(c) War.
(d) Travel.

Short Answer 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?

2. During the Golden Age, what now-famous aspects of films came from artists such as Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire?

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

4. What was Harold Lloyd's trademark?

5. Upon whose model of mass production did the Hollywood studio system manufacture films in the Golden Age?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the film industry in the USSR after the first World War.

2. Who was David Wark Griffith?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What were popular themes in early German films?

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

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