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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. Post-World War II, who was Italy's most prominent director?
(a) Federico Fellini.
(b) Vittorio Rossellini.
(c) Ingmar Bergman.
(d) Lorenzo Trattoria.

2. What sort of music became popular for movie soundtracks in the sixties?
(a) Jazz music.
(b) Ragtime music.
(c) Rock music.
(d) Classical music.

3. Which decade is considered the beginning of Japan's Golden Age in cinema?
(a) The fifties.
(b) The seventies.
(c) The forties.
(d) The sixites.

4. What was significant about the economy in American films during the early to mid-eighties?
(a) Several loans were received from the government.
(b) Massive financial gains.
(c) Foreign investors took an interest and guaranteed massive kick-backs.
(d) Heavy financial losses.

5. Due to the obliteration of the Production Code in the sixties, what type of films became popular in the seventies?
(a) Horror.
(b) Pornography.
(c) Blaxploitation.
(d) Experimental.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what genre did Yugoslavia excel in the sixties?

2. Which of the following was not one of the most popular genres to emerge from Japan's film industry?

3. What became the new standard screen ratio for films in the 1950s?

4. Which continent dominated the international film market in the sixties?

5. What was the main focus in French cinema in the seventies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Britain's Golden Age.

4. As the studios declined with the invention of the television, how did Americans' tastes in film subject begin to change?

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

6. How did television damage the film industry?

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

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

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

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

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