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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. Which world-class, renowned filmmaker stayed made propaganda films for Hitler?
(a) Fritz Lang.
(b) F.W. Murnau.
(c) Max Ophuls.
(d) Leni Reifenstahl.

2. What was created in order to satisfy the demands of the Catholic Church (among others) in the 1930s?
(a) MPAA.
(b) Production Code.
(c) Decency Council.
(d) Hayes Code.

3. Which of the following was not one of the Little Three in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) United Artists.
(b) RKO.
(c) Columbia.
(d) Universal.

4. As the studios bowed to pressure from outside groups during the Golden Age, what was one of the effects seen on the gangster movies?
(a) Women were not allowed behind the camera.
(b) The films became morality tales.
(c) Violence was removed.
(d) Gangster films were banned.

5. What was Charlie Chaplin's film persona?
(a) The tramp.
(b) The ladies' man.
(c) The baby.
(d) The swashbuckler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the War Department in America ban some of the political movies made during World War II?

2. What style of art influenced Alfred Hitchcock the most, particularly in his early work?

3. For what company did Griffith work?

4. 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?

5. Which artist pushed the boundaries on sex and violence on film?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. How did the advent of "talkies" change both technical and acting aspects of film?

5. What were popular themes in early German films?

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

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

8. Who was David Wark Griffith?

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

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

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