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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 comedy team became popular (and necessary) during the studio's push for pure entertainment in the earlier decades of the Golden Age?

2. What was one reason comedy shorts became so popular in the 1920s?

3. Which of the following comedians was not one of the silent film stars from the 1920s?

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

5. What animal did Eadward Muybridge photograph?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What were popular themes in early German films?

3. Aside from the Kinetoscope, what were some early advances in technology that led to the creation of the moving picture?

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

5. Discuss the financial status of American films and how this led to the rise of the studios during the early years of Hollywood's Golden Age of the Studio.

6. In the early days of the film industry, how did Griffith and others begin making their films more appealing to widespread audiences?

7. How did the differing situations in both Europe and America in the thirties ultimately influence the film industry?

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

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

10. How did the film industry begin to suffer after the advent of talkies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the detrimental effects of the studio system on the creative process.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How did the blockbuster change the film industry forever in 1975? In what ways did the early blockbusters differ from the later ones? How did these tie into the film industry's need to pair up with commercial conglomerates for financial and marketing purposes?

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