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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. During the Golden Age, what part of the film was frequently lost in favor of the star performer's special skills?
(a) Story.
(b) Lighting.
(c) Music.
(d) Cinematographer.

2. When American films began to include sound (particularly dialogue), what sound effect uncomfortably highlighted the violence in most movies?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Machine guns.
(c) Stabs.
(d) Screams.

3. What did the formation of the Patent Company force theaters showing their films to do?
(a) Allow people to steal the original reels.
(b) Credit all films to the Patent Company.
(c) Pay taxes to the company.
(d) Force women to sit in the shadows.

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

5. What fear arose about an audience's viewing experience as films grew longer?
(a) It would be harder to follow the plot.
(b) They would demand their money back.
(c) They would start getting bored.
(d) They would dislike the actors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Harold Lloyd's trademark?

2. Which director from Germany became known for his films about history with injections of off-handed comedy?

3. Which of the following was not one of the the Big Five studios in the Golden Age of the Studio?

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

5. What did Griffith as a director discover that elevated films from being more than technical achievements?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were popular themes in early German films?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who were some of the popular stars from the 1920s and of what did their acts consist?

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

9. Discuss the financial status of American films and how this led to the rise of the studios during the early years of Hollywood's Golden Age of the Studio.

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

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