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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. What studio did William Fox and Carl Laemmle eventually form?

2. In what style did the French produce their films?

3. What technological breakthrough hurt the film industry in America?

4. In 1947, what did the House of Un-American Activities Committee began to investigate?

5. What film helped open up the world to the power of British filmmaking in the 1930s?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were popular themes in early German films?

2. Who were some of the popular stars from the 1920s and of what did their acts consist?

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

4. How did the Film D'Art come to be?

5. Who were some of the great entertainers that emerged from the talkies in the early years of the film industry that helped revitalize the audience's flagging interest and why?

6. Discuss the innovative techniques developed by Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Cocteau, and Jean Renoir.

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

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

9. How did the position of film producer become part of the filmmaking process?

10. Describe the film industry in the USSR after the first World War.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways did Hollywood establish itself as a vital aspect of the American people during times of great turmoil? What does this suggest about the audience's need for escapism and reassurance? How did Hollywood help the country psychologically heal itself during the Great Depression?

Essay Topic 2

How did the social revolution of the sixties change the American film industry?

Essay Topic 3

How did films meld both science and creativity together? In what ways was this the overall goal of the Film D'Art? What does this suggest about the technological advances in Hollywood throughout film's history?

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