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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 was Italian director Luchino Visconti's title in his home country?
(a) The Baron of Sicily.
(b) The Duke of Modrone.
(c) The Baron of Venice.
(d) The Duke of Conti.

2. What popular American film from the eighties was one of the most successful mixes of both animation and live action?
(a) "Fritz the Cat."
(b) "Ghostbusters."
(c) "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
(d) "Cool World."

3. Which of the following was not one of the main focuses of American cinema in the 1980s?
(a) Government corruption.
(b) Money.
(c) Militarism.
(d) Nationalism.

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

5. What is the other term for the Angry Young Man movement?
(a) Pinter Pause realism.
(b) Chekhovian absurdity.
(c) Kitchen Sink realism.
(d) Uprising Cockney.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 1960s in Hollywood, what was the main focus in the industry's mainstream films?

2. What was the name of the cultural movement in Czechoslavakia during the sixties?

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

4. Who replaced Czechoslovakia's government, obliterating their film industry?

5. From what country did director Ingmar Bergman come?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Italian cinema during the 1940s.

4. What was the New Wave movement in France?

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

6. Describe Britain's Golden Age.

7. In the 1970s, how did West Germany start to address their role in World War II?

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

9. Discuss Method acting.

10. How did television damage the film industry?

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