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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 of the following directors was not one the greats in 1940s Italy?
(a) Vincent Minnelli.
(b) Vittorio de Sica.
(c) Cesare Zavattini.
(d) Roberto Rossellini.

2. What British comedy troupe had a cinematic bright spot for their country's struggling film industry?
(a) Absolutely Fabulous.
(b) Kids in the Hall.
(c) Monty Python's Flying Circus.
(d) Are You Being Served?

3. Which of the following was not one of the most respected Japanese directors from the post-World War II era?
(a) Akira Kurosawa.
(b) Yasujiro Ozu.
(c) Toshiro Mifune.
(d) Kenji Mizoguchi.

4. What country nearly wiped out the French film industry after World War II?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) Britain.

5. From what country did director Ingmar Bergman come?
(a) Germany.
(b) Norway.
(c) Italy.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movement is credited with the influx of women in positions of power in the film industry?

2. In the seventies, upon what did German cinema begin to reflect?

3. In France's New Wave, filmmakers experimented with mixing _____.

4. In what year did the Production Code become obsolete?

5. What region became renowned for their film adaptations of literary classics?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why and how did commercial conglomerates help support the American film industry in the 1960s?

2. Describe Britain's Golden Age.

3. How did Great Britain's entertainment industry fare in the 1970s?

4. How did the Vietnam War change the culture of America in regards to Hollywood?

5. Why was Japan's golden age in film able to thrive throughout the World War II and beyond, despite the political turmoil?

6. What were some of the prominent trends in European cinema in the 1950s?

7. What was the New Wave movement in France?

8. Why did Hollywood studios flourish in the 1980s?

9. How did the invention of the videocassette simplify camerawork?

10. How and why did the quality of mass-produced films diminish in the 1980s?

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