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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 was Charlie Chaplin's film persona?

2. In what year did Edison help to open a Kinetoscope parlor?

3. What visual effect did Abel Gance develop?

4. In what decade were silent films perfected?

5. Which artist pushed the boundaries on sex and violence on film?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What were the differences between early films from the United States and Europe?

8. Who was David Wark Griffith?

9. What were popular themes in early German films?

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

In what ways did the economy determine and depend upon the successes of the film industry in both war and peace time?

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