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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. For what reasons did Japanese films escape censorship from their government in their Golden Age?

2. What was the main focus in French cinema in the seventies?

3. Which European country's film industry was the most devastated after World War II?

4. What became the new standard screen ratio for films in the 1950s?

5. During the social revolution of the sixties in America, how did Hollywood compensate for their budget cuts?

Short Essay Questions

1. What regulations changed in 1960s Hollywood, as well as technical advances?

2. How did television damage the film industry?

3. Discuss Method acting.

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

5. What were some of the trends in American films during the 1970s?

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

7. As the studios declined with the invention of the television, how did Americans' tastes in film subject begin to change?

8. In what ways did Japanese cinema flourish in the fifties?

9. How and why did the quality of mass-produced films diminish in the 1980s?

10. How did Germany's film industry attempt to recover from World War II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the different European film movements and effects on the industries of different countries.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How did the French New Wave movement affect cinema in different countries and in different eras?

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