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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 animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?
(a) Dog.
(b) Cat.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Horse.
2. Which of the following words can be used to describe the films that were produced during the early years of the Golden Age?
(a) Socially aware.
(b) Formulaic.
(c) Expressive.
(d) Experimental.
3. Which of the following was not one of the Little Three in the Golden Age of the Studio?
(a) Universal.
(b) RKO.
(c) United Artists.
(d) Columbia.
4. Who helped Edison open a Kinetoscope parlor?
(a) William Dickson.
(b) Jean Louis Meissonier.
(c) Norman Raff.
(d) Eadward Muybridge.
5. What fear arose about an audience's viewing experience as films grew longer?
(a) They would dislike the actors.
(b) It would be harder to follow the plot.
(c) They would start getting bored.
(d) They would demand their money back.
Short Answer Questions
1. What studio did William Fox and Carl Laemmle eventually form?
2. When Hitler came to power, what did Europe lose in their film industry?
3. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of the film-making committees in the Golden Age of the Studio?
4. Why did the independent filmmakers head for California while the Patent Company existed?
5. For what company did Griffith work?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Production Code come into existence and what were some of the effects it had on films?
2. Describe the film industry in the USSR after the first World War.
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. How did the position of film producer become part of the filmmaking process?
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 popular stars from the 1920s and of what did their acts consist?
8. What led to the mass migration of film production from New York and New Jersey to California?
9. How did the advent of "talkies" change both technical and acting aspects of film?
10. How did studios cater to the audience's wishes in the Golden Age of the Studio.
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