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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. At the end of the 1950s, how many homes in America had a television set?
(a) 85%.
(b) 75%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 55%.

2. Who was the comedic French director that rose to prominence in the 1950s?
(a) Luc Besson.
(b) Robert Bresson.
(c) Vincente Augois.
(d) Jacques Tati.

3. What hysterical fear threatened artists in the film industry?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Communists.
(c) Women's liberation.
(d) Nazis.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In America during the late 1960s, what was the general mood of the youth?

3. What was significant about cinema in education in the 1970s?

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

5. What was the name of the period in England from 1963 to 1970?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did television damage the film industry?

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

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

4. How did the New Wave movement from France affect American movie trends in the 1970s?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Britain's Golden Age.

10. What was the Third Cinema theater realism?

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