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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 style of art influenced Alfred Hitchcock the most, particularly in his early work?
(a) Theater of the Absurd.
(b) Theater of Cruelty.
(c) Expressionism.
(d) Brechtian.

2. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?
(a) Dog.
(b) Horse.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Cat.

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

4. What group was formed in 1908 with the intention to further develop the Kinetoscope technology?
(a) Actor's Equity.
(b) The Film D'Art.
(c) Screen Actors Guild.
(d) American Federation of Television and Radio Actors.

5. What aspect of the newly-heard dialogue in the Golden Age made audiences uneasy?
(a) The strange voices of previously-silent stars.
(b) The political aspects.
(c) Sexual innuendo.
(d) The accents of foreign stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which director became renowned for his use of long takes to evoke a darker mood?

2. What did the formation of the Patent Company force theaters showing their films to do?

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

4. What was Harold Lloyd's trademark?

5. From what entertainment aspect did Orson Welles tap in order to innovate the ways films were made?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was David Wark Griffith?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. What were popular themes in early German films?

10. 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?

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