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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 early seventies in America cinema, which of the following was not one of the main themes explored?
(a) Corruption in public institutions.
(b) Racism.
(c) Religious iconography.
(d) Sexual identities.

2. What was significant about cinema in education in the 1970s?
(a) Films were used as a teaching aid.
(b) Universities opened up their own production companies for the students.
(c) Universities were mined for potential talent.
(d) Universities began offering film courses.

3. Upon what were the greatest works of entertainment in Britain focused in the seventies?
(a) Theatre.
(b) Television.
(c) Cinema.
(d) Art galleries.

4. During the 1960s in Hollywood, what was the main focus in the industry's mainstream films?
(a) Political awareness.
(b) Glamour.
(c) Intrigue.
(d) International relations.

5. What genre of film became particularly popular in the early seventies?
(a) Grindhouse.
(b) Blaxploitation.
(c) Horror.
(d) Screwball comedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country did director Ingmar Bergman come?

2. Which of of the following was not one of the associate companies of the commercial conglomerates that helped keep the American film industry from floundering in the sixties?

3. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?

4. What style of acting became popular in films in the 1950s?

5. Which of the following was not one of the most respected Japanese directors from the post-World War II era?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Italian cinema during the 1940s.

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

3. Why was the French film industry nearly destroyed because of World War II?

4. How did the Soviet Union change Czechoslovakia's film industry in the 1960s?

5. What were some of the political issues that made their way into 1970s Hollywood?

6. What regulations changed in 1960s Hollywood, as well as technical advances?

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

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

9. What were some of the trends in American films during the 1970s?

10. How did television damage the film industry?

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