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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade were silent films perfected?

2. What sort of performers were ideal candidates for comedy shorts in the 1920s?

3. How large was the tax on foreign film earning in Britain after World War II?

4. Which company became renowned for their animation in the early years of World War II?

5. What aspect of the newly-heard dialogue in the Golden Age made audiences uneasy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Production Code come into existence and what were some of the effects it had on films?

2. How did Hollywood join the war effort in the forties?

3. What were popular themes in early German films?

4. How did the advent of "talkies" change both technical and acting aspects of film?

5. How did studios cater to the audience's wishes in the Golden Age of the Studio.

6. Why did so many artists leave Europe in the thirties and how did this effect the film industry?

7. How did the governor of California's commission for horse photography develop into Meissonier's project in creating the illusion of moving pictures?

8. What were some of the themes explored in both French and Spanish films?

9. How did the House of Un-American Activities Committee bring Hollywood's booming economy and artistic success to a screeching halt in the late forties?

10. What led to the mass migration of film production from New York and New Jersey to California?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the inclusion of violence and sexual content change over the years of the film industry's existence? How did the allowance vary from country to country? In what ways did these restrictions (or lack thereof) reveal the cultural divide between different countries?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the first several decades of film took place in the midst of several wars, what responsibility did the filmmakers have to their audiences? How did the roles of these directors change from the United States to Europe? How did filmmakers handle the world wars when faced with Nazi persecution?

Essay Topic 3

How did the politics of the Third World countries try to prevent the film industries from growing? Discuss the difficulties and dangers the filmmakers would encounter, as well as the issues they had with marketing the film to an international audience.

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